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Birthday July 26, 1789

• The temperature on July 26, 1789 was about 18.0 °C. There was 132 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 21 » The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
  • July 10 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.
  • July 11 » Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
  • July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1782 » John Field, Irish pianist and composer († 1837)
• 1791 » Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1844)
• 1796 » George Catlin, American painter, author, and traveler († 1872)
• 1802 » Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 42nd President of Mexico († 1855)
• 1819 » Justin Holland, American guitarist and educator († 1887)
• 1829 » Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate († 1912)