March 3 » American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
June 12 » The Virginia Declaration of Rights is adopted.
August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
September 16 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
September 22 » Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.
December 26 » American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.
Day of burial March 19, 1789
The temperature on March 19, 1789 was about -2 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 21 » The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
January 23 » Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.).
June 20 » Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
September 22 » Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.
September 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
October 19 » John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
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