1789 Calendar
A year scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

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Historical Event(s)

– 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.
– Mutiny on the Bounty: Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400 km journey in an open boat.
– Alexander Mackenzie finally completes his journey to the mouth of the great river he hoped would take him to the Pacific, but which turns out to flow into the Arctic Ocean. Later named after him, the Mackenzie is the second-longest river system in North America.
– The United States War Department is established.
– William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn.
– 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.
– French Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October
– Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States.
– A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as recommended by President George Washington and approved by Congress.
– The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.

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)
– Josiah Henson, American minister and abolitionist (d. 1883)
– Maria Isabella of Spain, Queen consort of the Two Sicilies, wife of Francis I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1846)
– John Martin, English painter (d. 1854)
– Abbas Mirza, Prince of Persia (d. 1833)
– Ferencz Gyulai Hungarian nobleman (d. 1868)
– John Ruggles, American politician (d. 1874)