The temperature on October 31, 1789 was about 5.0 °C. There was 136 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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.
August 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
September 2 » The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
September 22 » The office of United States Postmaster General is established.
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 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
Day of death November 17, 1789
The temperature on November 17, 1789 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. 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 8 » James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.
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 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
September 29 » The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
October 6 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace.
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