1789

Year 1789 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 11-day slower ).

1789 was the year of the first which lasted until the final  of  in, a watershed historical event that drew the age of  to a close and ushered in the tumultuous.

January - June

 * - First nationwide  is held.
 * - The first American,  or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth, is printed in.
 * - becomes the first   in the.




 * - is unanimously elected the first  by the.


 * - At in, the first  meets and declares the new  to be in effect.


 * - The last burning at the stake took place at Newgate when Catherine (or Christian) Murphy was executed for High Treason coining.


 * - At in, the  attains its first  and elects  of  as its first House Speaker.
 * - leads a  on  against Captain.


 * - is  at  in, beginning his term as the 1st.


 * - In, the convenes for the first time in 175 years.


 * - mutiny survivors including Captain  and 18 others reach  after a nearly 4,000 mile journey in an open boat.




 * - In, representatives of the at the  declare themselves the.
 * - made in.

July - December

 * - In, the  reconstitutes itself as the  and begins preparations for a.
 * - reaches  Delta.
 * - King of France fires popular chief minister Necker.
 * - Angry Parisian crowd demonstrates against King’s decision to dismiss minister Necker.
 * - (1789-) begins: Citizens of   and free seven prisoners. In rural areas, peasants attack noble manors.




 * - The first U.S. agency under the new Constitution, the Department of Foreign Affairs (later renamed the ), is established.


 * - In, members of the Constituent Assembly take an oath to end and abandon their privileges.
 * - The is established.
 * - in.
 * - discovers, one of 's moons.


 * - is founded.
 * - : roundly defeats the 100,000 Turks in the.
 * - The establishes the federal judiciary.
 * - The proposes a set of twelve amendments for ratification by the states. Ratification for ten of these proposals is completed on, , creating the  . An  is ratified more than two centuries later in.
 * - The first establishes the nation's first regular, with a strength of several hundred men.
 * - appoints Father  the first  bishop in the.
 * - ratifies the, the first  to do so.
 * - ratifies the  and becomes the 12th.
 * - A national is observed in the  as recommended by   and approved by.

Undated

 * Change of of the  from  (-1789) to  (1789-).
 * brings the first  machine to the.
 * (predecessor of and direct predecessor of the ) is founded.
 * is founded.
 * Influenced by Dr. 's argument against excessive use of alcohol, about 200 farmers in a Connecticut community formed a association.

Births

 * -, American abolitionist (died )
 * -, Canadian businessman and statesman (died )
 * -, German physicist (died )
 * -, English painter (died )
 * -, French mathematician (died )
 * -, Grand Duchess of Baden (died )
 * -, American writer (died )
 * -, American writer (died )
 * Dost Mohammad Khan, Wazir-i-azam of Kabul, King-Regent of Kabul, Emir of Kabul, King of Kandahar (died )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, English politician (born )
 * -, English boxer (born )
 * -, English writer (born )
 * -, American lawyer and (born )
 * -, (born )
 * -, Dutch anatomist (born )
 * - Count, Russian soldier (born )
 * -, Founder of South Australia (died )
 * -, French Sartillery specialist (born )
 * -, Swedish botanist (born )
 * -, son of (tuberculosis) (born )
 * -, French economist (born )
 * -, French provost (assassinated) (born )
 * -, French composer (born )
 * -, French politician (executed) (born )
 * -, American farmer and (born )
 * -, French painter (born )
 * -, Irish politician (born )
 * -, French philanthropist and developer of signed French (born )


 * See also .

Fictional 1789

 * This year was used as the third time world (Smuggler's Cove) in .