WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 1789
Find out what all happened February to 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)

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)

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)

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

The United States Department of War is established. (7. August 1789)

In France members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges. (4. August 1789)

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

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

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

The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men. (29. September 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 first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State). (27. July 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)

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)

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

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)

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

Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris. (15. July 1789)

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