1789 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1789?
- January 21, 1789 – The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in Boston, Massachusetts.
- February 4, 1789 – George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
- March 4, 1789 – In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect.
- April 1, 1789 – In New York City, the United States House of Representatives holds its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first House Speaker.
- July 9, 1789 – In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
- July 14, 1789 – French Revolution: citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
- July 15, 1789 – Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, is named by acclamation colonel-general of the new National Guard of Paris.
- July 27, 1789 – The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
- August 7, 1789 – The United States War Department is established.
- August 26, 1789 – The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
- September 2, 1789 – The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
- September 11, 1789 – Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
- September 22, 1789 – Battle of Rymnik establishes Alexander Suvorov as a pre-eminent Russian military commander after his allied army defeat superior Ottoman Empire forces.
- September 26, 1789 – Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General.
- September 29, 1789 – The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
- October 3, 1789 – George Washington made the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the United States of America.
- October 19, 1789 – Chief Justice John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
- November 20, 1789 – New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
- December 11, 1789 – The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.
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