WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO NOVEMBER 1789
Find out what all happened July to November 1789

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

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France. (26. August 1789)

The United States Department of State is established (formerly known as the "Department of Foreign Affairs"). (15. September 1789)

Battle of Rymnik establishes Alexander Suvorov as a pre-eminent Russian military commander after his allied army defeat superior Ottoman Empire forces. (22. September 1789)

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

French revolutionary and radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gave a speech in response to the dismissal of Jacques Necker France's finance minister the day before. The speech calls the citizens to arms and leads to the Storming of the Bastille two days later. (12. July 1789)

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

The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act which creates the office of the United States Attorney General and the federal judiciary system, and orders the composition of the Supreme Court of the United States. (24. September 1789)

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

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

The United States Department of the Treasury is founded. (2. September 1789)

Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta. (10. July 1789)

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

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

Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris. (15. July 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)

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)

Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury. (11. September 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)

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