geboren: 12 mei 1789; gedoopt: 17 mei 1789; kind: Jacob; vader: Jan Francoisz; moeder: Marie Jakobs Witte; opmerkingen: getuigen Kristiaan Jak. Kole en Jakobus Jak Witte.; scannr: 338.
April 30 » On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
July 12 » In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
September 25 » The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.
September 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
September 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
October 6 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace.
Christening day May 17, 1789
The temperature on May 17, 1789 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer half bewolkt winderig. Source: KNMI
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