April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
April 20 » George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
June 20 » Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
July 15 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris.
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.
November 20 » New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
Day of death May 9, 1789
The temperature on May 9, 1789 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
April 28 » Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
June 8 » James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.
September 2 » The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
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.
September 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
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