March 5 » Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
April 19 » Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.
April 19 » Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.
July 5 » The Battle of Chesma between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire begins.
August 22 » James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.
November 14 » James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.
Day of death November 25, 1789
The temperature on November 25, 1789 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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.
August 4 » France: Members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
August 7 » The United States Department of War is established.
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.
November 20 » New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
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