FutureHistory » Philippus "Philippe" (Philippus "Philippe") Pauwels (1789-????)

Birthday October 29, 1789

• The temperature on October 29, 1789 was about 8.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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.
  • April 20 » George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
  • 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.
  • 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 5 » French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.
  • 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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• 1815 » Dan Emmett, American composer († 1904)
• 1822 » Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Russian-Polish cardinal († 1902)
• 1831 » James Boucaut, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of South Australia († 1916)
• 1832 » Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint († 1869)