Page 5: Historical Events In 1789

Sep 29   1st congress adjourns in the year 1789.   

Sep 29   On this day in history first congress adjourns   

Sep 29   On this day in history uS War Dept established a regular army   

Oct 02   In the year 1789 george Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.   

Oct 03   On this day in history francis Hoyt Gregory, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1866   

Oct 03   Washington proclaims 1st national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26 on this day in history.   

Oct 03   Washington proclaims the First national Thanksgiving Day on Nov 26 on this day in history.   

Oct 05   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 in the year 1789.   

Oct 06   In the year 1789 french Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October   

Oct 10   Pierre-Louis Couperin, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

Oct 14   In the year 1789 constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder   

Oct 15   1st presidental tour-George Washington in New England on this day in history.   

Oct 15   The first presidental tour-George Washington in New England on this day in history.   

Oct 18   In the year 1789 giovanni Tadolini, composer   

Oct 24   On this day in history jean C Baud, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies (1834-6)   

Oct 24   On this day in history joaquin de Oxinaga, composer, dies at 69   

Oct 26   On this day in history joseph Mayseder, composer   

Oct 28   In the year 1789 johann Schneider, composer   

Nov 05   Fleeing slaves under Bonni attack military post on Suriname on this day in history.   

Nov 06   Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States in the year 1789.   

Nov 08   Bourbon Whiskey, 1st distilled from corn (by Elijah Craig, Bourbon Ky) on this day in history.   

Nov 08   Bourbon Whiskey, first distilled from corn (by Elijah Craig, Bourbon KY) in the year 1789.   

Nov 13   Ben Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death & taxes" on this day in history.   

Nov 13   Ben Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death &taxes" in the year 1789.   

Nov 13   Martin de Ron, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 20   In the year 1789 new Jersey becomes the first state to ratify Bill of Rights   

Nov 20   In the year 1789 new Jersey is 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights   

Nov 21   North Carolina ratifies constitution, becomes 12th US state in the year 1789.   

Nov 26   1st national Thanksgiving on this day in history.   

Nov 26   In the year 1789 first national thanksgiving day celebrated in America, to mark the 1621 harvest of the Pilgrim Fathers   

Nov 26   In the year 1789 the first national thanksgiving   

Dec 03   In the year 1789 claude-Joseph Vernet, French seascape painter, dies   

Dec 08   John Fawcett, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 14   Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer on this day in history.   

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Jan 03   Carl G Carus, German physician/psychologist/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Benjamin Lundy, philanthropist/abolitionist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 17   August Neander, German theologian (d. 1850) was born in the year 1789.   

Jan 30   George Augustus Kollmann, composer was born in the year 1789.   

Feb 01   On this day in history birth of hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer   

Feb 08   Ludwig Wilhelm Maurer, composer was born on this day in history.   

Feb 09   On this day in history birth of franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German inventor of the stenography (d. 1849)   

Feb 15   Friedrich Fesca, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 1789 christleib Siegmund Binder, composer, dies at 65   

Jan 02   On this day in history franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer, dies at 68   

Jan 08   In the year 1789 death of jack Broughton, English boxer (bc. 1703)   

Jan 10   Pierre Lyonet, Dutch zoologist/cryptologist, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   Johann Christoph Oley, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

Jan 23   Frances Brooke, English writer (b. 1724) died in the year 1789.   

Feb 02   Armand-Louis Couperin, Fren composer/organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Feb 12   Ethan Allen, American patriot (b. 1738) died in the year 1789.