WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JUNE 1789
Find out what all happened February to June 1789

In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. The United States Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress. (4. March 1789)

Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath. (20. June 1789)

Mutiny on the Bounty: HMS Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400 km (4,600 mi) journey in an open boat. (14. June 1789)

Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island. (28. April 1789)

George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College. (4. February 1789)

In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly. (17. June 1789)

In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614. (5. May 1789)

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. (1. April 1789)

Whiskey distilled from maize is first produced by American clergyman the Rev Elijah Craig. It is named Bourbon because Rev Craig lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky. (14. June 1789)

James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in the House of Representatives; by 1791, ten of them are ratified by the state legislatures and become the Bill of Rights; another is eventually ratified in 1992 to become the 27th Amendment. (8. June 1789)

President George Washington arrives in Philadelphia after his inauguration to elaborate welcome at Gray's Ferry just after noon first inauguration of George Washington (20. April 1789)

On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States. (30. April 1789)