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Historical Event(s)
– In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect.
– Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
– The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
– Battle of Rymnik establishes Alexander Suvorov as a pre-eminent Russian military commander after his allied army defeat superior Ottoman Empire forces.
– The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act which creates the office of the United States Attorney General and the federal judiciary system, and orders the composition of the Supreme Court of the United States.
– The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
– George Washington made the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the United States of America.
– French Revolution: Women of Paris march to Versailles in the March on Versailles to confront Louis XVI about his refusal to promulgate the decrees on the abolition of feudalism, demand bread, and have the King and his court moved to Paris.
– Chief Justice John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
Who Were Born On ?
– August Neander, German theologian (d. 1850)
– Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German inventor of the stenography (d. 1849)
– Manuel Rodríguez, Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader, considered one of the founders of independent Chile (d. 1818)
– John Martin, English painter (d. 1854)
– Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (d. 1857)
– Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden (d. 1860)
– James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist (d. 1851)
– John Ruggles, American politician (d. 1874)
– William Burton, American politician (d. 1866)
– Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest and revolutionary (d. 1853)