January 7 » A peace treaty is signed between Peshwa Bajirao and Jai Singh II following Maratha victory in the Battle of Bhopal.
April 18 » Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid.
May 24 » John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
May 25 » A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
July 15 » Baruch Laibov and Alexander Voznitzin are burned alive in St. Petersburg, Russia. Vonitzin had converted to Judaism with Laibov's help, with the consent of Empress Anna Ivanovna.
July 20 » Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.
Day of death October 19, 1789
The temperature on October 19, 1789 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
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.
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 15 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris.
August 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
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