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.
July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
August 4 » France: Members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
September 22 » The office of United States Postmaster General is established.
September 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
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