geboren: 2 dec 1789; gedoopt: 6 dec 1789; kind: Pieter; vader: Jan [Adriaansz] Blok; moeder: Maria Pieters[dr] van Stee; opmerkingen: getuigen Jannetje van Stee.; scannr: 340.
February 4 » George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
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.
September 2 » The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
September 11 » Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
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.
Christening day December 6, 1789
The temperature on December 6, 1789 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
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