The temperature on December 17, 1789 was about 4.0 °C. There was 88 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: 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.).
January 30 » Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
April 1 » In New York City, the United States House of Representatives achieves its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker.
May 5 » In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
July 11 » Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
September 22 » The office of United States Postmaster General is established.
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