WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO NOVEMBER 1789
Find out what all happened June to November 1789

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

The 1st United States Congress adjourns. (29. September 1789)

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

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

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

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

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

French Revolution: citizens of Paris storm the Bastille. (14. July 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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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