geboren: 1 nov 1789; gedoopt: 8 nov 1789; kind: Pieternella; vader: Pieter [Hermanusz] de Korte; moeder: Maria Loijsen; opmerkingen: getuigen Marijnus de Korte en Pieternella Schippers.; scannr: 339.
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 8 » James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.
July 15 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris.
July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
August 7 » The United States Department of War is established.
August 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
Christening day November 8, 1789
The temperature on November 8, 1789 was about 3.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
June 14 » Mutiny on the Bounty: HMSBounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400km (4,600mi) journey in an open boat.
July 9 » In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
July 14 » Alexander Mackenzie finally completes his journey to the mouth of the great river he hoped would take him to the Pacific, but which turns out to flow into the Arctic Ocean. Later named after him, the Mackenzie is the second-longest river system in North America.
September 15 » The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.
September 22 » Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.
September 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
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