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 20 » Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
July 11 » Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
September 2 » The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
September 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
Day of death December 22, 1789
The temperature on December 22, 1789 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken. 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.).
February 4 » George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
May 5 » In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
September 29 » The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
October 5 » French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
November 26 » A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.
Day of burial December 23, 1789
The temperature on December 23, 1789 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
May 5 » In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
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.
September 24 » The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.
November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
November 26 » A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: Dingeman Hendrikse, "Purvis Farquhar", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/purvis-farquehar/R10810.php : accessed June 25, 2024), " (1789-1789)".
Copy warning
Genealogical publications are copyright protected. Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product. Copyright protected work may not simply be copied or republished.
Please stick to the following rules
Request permission to copy data or at least inform the author, chances are that the author gives permission, often the contact also leads to more exchange of data.
Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source (the archives).
State from whom you have copied the data and ideally also his/her original source.