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Birthday February 10, 1789

• The temperature on February 10, 1789 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. 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.).
  • February 4 » George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
  • September 2 » The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • October 19 » John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.

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• 1766 » Benjamin Smith Barton, American botanist and physician († 1815)
• 1775 » Charles Lamb, English poet and essayist († 1834)
• 1785 » Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer († 1836)
• 1795 » Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic († 1858)
• 1797 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall († 1883)
• 1821 » Roberto Bompiani, Italian painter and sculptor († 1908)