January 18 » The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.
January 20 » The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Port Jackson is a more suitable location for a colony.
January 26 » The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on Australia. Commemorated as Australia Day.
March 6 » The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.
April 28 » Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
May 23 » South Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution as the eighth American state.
Christening day January 11, 1789
The temperature on January 11, 1789 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken sneeuw. Source: KNMI
March 4 » In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. The United States Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress.
July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
August 7 » The United States Department of War 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 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.
December 11 » The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.
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