geboren: 10 nov 1789; gedoopt: 15 nov 1789; kind: Pieter; vader: Marijnus [Pietersz] Kok; moeder: Leuntje [Francoisdr] van den Bogaard; opmerkingen: getuigen Pieter Kok en Willemijna van den Bogaard.; scannr: 340.
March 4 » In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. The United States Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress.
September 22 » Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.
September 29 » The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
October 3 » George Washington proclaims a Thanksgiving Day for that year.
November 20 » New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
December 11 » The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.
Christening day November 15, 1789
The temperature on November 15, 1789 was about 7.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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.
August 7 » The United States Department of War is established.
August 26 » The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
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.
October 2 » The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification.
November 26 » A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.
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