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.
June 17 » In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
July 11 » Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
August 7 » The United States Department of War is established.
October 3 » George Washington proclaims a Thanksgiving Day for that year.
Christening day March 24, 1789
The temperature on March 24, 1789 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
August 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
September 2 » The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
September 11 » Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
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.
October 19 » John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
November 20 » New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
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