WHAT ALL HAPPENED OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1789
Find out what all happened October to December 1789

Chief Justice John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States. (19. October 1789)

French Revolution: Women of Paris march to Versailles in the March on Versailles to confront Louis XVI of France about his refusal to promulgate the decrees on the abolition of feudalism, demand bread, and have the King and his court moved to Paris. (5. October 1789)

Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States. (6. November 1789)

French Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October (6. October 1789)

New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights. (20. November 1789)

George Washington makes the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the United States of America. (3. October 1789)

North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state. (21. November 1789)

A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as recommended by President George Washington and approved by Congress. (26. November 1789)

George Washington sends the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification. (2. October 1789)

The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly. (11. December 1789)

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