June 20 » Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
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 4 » France: Members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
August 7 » The United States Department of War is established.
September 29 » The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
Christening day December 26, 1789
The temperature on December 26, 1789 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. 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.
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.
July 14 » Alexander Mackenzie finally completes his journey to the mouth of the great river he hoped would take him to the Pacific, but which turns out to flow into the Arctic Ocean. Later named after him, the Mackenzie is the second-longest river system in North America.
July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
October 19 » John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
December 11 » The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.
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