1789

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[edit] Events of 1789

May 5 - In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time in 175 years.

June 14 - HMAV Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 4,000 mile journey in an open boat.

July 9 - In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
July 10 - Alexander Mackenzie reaches Mackenzie River Delta.
July 11 - King of France fires popular chief minister Necker.
July 12 - Angry Parisian crowd demonstrates against King’s decision to dismiss minister Necker.
July 14 - French Revolution (1789-1799) begins: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille and free seven prisoners. In rural areas, peasants attack noble manors.

July 27 - The first U.S. federal government agency under the new Constitution, the Department of Foreign Affairs (later renamed the Department of State), is established.

August 4 - In France, members of the Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
August 7 - The United States War Department is established.
August 26 - Declaration of the Rights of Man in France.
August 28 - William Herschel discovers Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons.

September 2 - United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
September 11 - Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792: Alexander Suvorov roundly defeats the 100,000 Turks in the Battle of Rymnik.
September 24 - The Judiciary Act of 1789 establishes the federal judiciary.
September 25 - The United States Congress proposes a set of twelve amendments for ratification by the states. Ratification for ten of these proposals is completed on December 5, 1791, creating the United States Bill of Rights. An additional proposal is ratified more than two centuries later in 1992.
September 29 - The United States War Department first establishes the nation's first regular army, with a strength of several hundred men.

Change of Ottoman sultan of the Ottoman Empire from Abd-ul-Hamid I (1773-1789) to Selim III (1789-1807).
Thomas Jefferson brings the first macaroni machine to the United States.
United States Revenue Cutter Service (predecessor of United States Customs Service and direct predecessor of the United States Coast Guard) is founded.
United States Marshals Service is founded.
Influenced by Dr. Benjamin Rush's argument against excessive use of alcohol, about 200 farmers in a Connecticut community formed a temperance association.

**1789 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1789 MDCCLXXXIX
Ab urbe condita	2542
Armenian calendar	1238 ԹՎ ՌՄԼԸ
Bahá'í calendar	-55 – -54
Buddhist calendar	2333
Chinese calendar	4425/4485-12-6 (戊申年十二月初六日) — to — 4426/4486-11-15 (己酉年十一月十五日)
Ethiopian calendar	1781 – 1782
Hebrew calendar	5549 – 5550
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1844 – 1845
- Shaka Samvat	1711 – 1712
- Kali Yuga	4890 – 4891
Holocene calendar	11789
Iranian calendar	1167 – 1168
Islamic calendar	1203 – 1204
Japanese calendar	Tenmei 9 (天明9年) — changed to — Kansei 1 (寛政元年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2449 (皇紀2449年)
- Jōmon Era	11789
Julian calendar	1834
Korean calendar	4122
Thai solar calendar	2332
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