WHAT HAPPENED IN 1789.
Look what happened the 1789.

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

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

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

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France. (26. August 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 Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury. (11. September 1789)

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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

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

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

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