Kelley Tree » General James Potter (1729-1789)

Day of death November 27, 1789

• The temperature on November 27, 1789 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1789: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 23 » Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.).
  • April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
  • 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.
  • July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
  • August 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
  • September 22 » The office of United States Postmaster General is established.

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