January 11 » William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
August 6 » Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
October 29 » Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague.
December 7 » Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
Day of death January 4, 1789
The temperature on January 4, 1789 was about -17 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
February 4 » George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
April 20 » George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
April 28 » Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
August 7 » The United States Department of War is established.
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 burial January 6, 1789
The temperature on January 6, 1789 was about -8 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast by east. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
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