WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO NOVEMBER 1789
Find out what all happened March to November 1789

Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille. (11. July 1789)

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

The office of United States Postmaster General is established. (22. September 1789)

Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta. (10. July 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)

In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution. (9. July 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)

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

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

William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus. (28. August 1789)

Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General. (26. September 1789)

The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men. (29. September 1789)

Alexander Mackenzie finally completes his journey to the mouth of the great river he hoped would take him to the Pacific, but which turns out to flow into the Arctic Ocean. Later named after him, the Mackenzie is the second-longest river system in North America. (14. July 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)

The United States Congress passes twelve amendments to the United States Constitution: the Congressional Apportionment Amendment (which was never ratified), the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights. (25. September 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)

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

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