January 30 » Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
February 4 » George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
July 11 » Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
July 12 » In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
August 7 » The United States Department of War is established.
November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
Day of death January 6, 1789
The temperature on January 6, 1789 was about -8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast by east. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
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.
July 9 » In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
September 2 » The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
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.
September 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
September 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
Day of burial January 10, 1789
The temperature on January 10, 1789 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer 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.).
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.
September 22 » Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.
September 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
September 29 » The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
November 26 » A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.
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