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* [[February]] – King [[Gustav III of Sweden]] enforces the [[Union and Security Act]], delivering the ''coup de grace'' to [[Sweden]]'s 70-year-old parliamentarian system, in favor of [[absolute monarchy]].
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* [[February 4]] – [[George Washington]] is unanimously elected the first President of the United States, by the [[United States Electoral College]].
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* [[April 7]] – [[Selim III]] (1789–1807) succeeds [[Abdul Hamid I]] (1773–1789), as [[Ottoman Sultan]].
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* [[April 21]] – [[John Adams]] takes office as the first Vice President of the United States, and begins presiding over the United States Senate.
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* [[April 30]] – [[George Washington]] is [[First inauguration of George Washington|inaugurated]] at Federal Hall in New York City, beginning his term as the first President of the United States.
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* [[May 5]] – In France, the [[Estates-General of 1789|Estates-General]] convenes for the first time in 175 years.
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** The [[French Revolution]] begins.
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* [[June]] – The ''[[Inconfidência Mineira]]'' is the first attempt at Brazilian independence from Portugal.
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* [[June 17]] – In France, representatives of the Third Estate at the [[Estates-General of 1789|Estates-General]] declare themselves the [[National Assembly (French Revolution)|National Assembly]].
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* [[June 20]] – The [[Tennis Court Oath]] is made in [[Versailles, Yvelines|Versailles]].
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* [[June 23]] – [[Louis XVI of France]] makes a conciliatory speech urging reforms to a joint session, and orders the three estates to meet together.
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* [[July]] – An estimated 150,000 of Paris's 600,000 people are without work.
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* [[July 9]] – At [[Versailles, Yvelines|Versailles]], the [[National Assembly (French Revolution)|National Assembly]] reconstitutes itself as the [[National Constituent Assembly (France)|National Constituent Assembly]], and begins preparations for what will become the [[French Constitution of 1791]].
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* [[July 11]] – [[Louis XVI of France]] dismisses popular Chief Minister [[Jacques Necker]].
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* [[July 12]] – An angry Parisian crowd, inflamed by a speech from journalist [[Camille Desmoulins]], demonstrates against the King's decision to dismiss Minister Necker.
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* [[July 14]] –  The [[French Revolution]] (1789–[[1799]]) begins with the [[Storming of the Bastille]]: Citizens of Paris storm the fortress of the [[Bastille]], and free the only seven prisoners held. In rural areas, peasants attack manors of the nobility.
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* [[August 4]] – In France, members of the Constituent Assembly take an oath to end [[feudalism]], and abandon their privileges.
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* [[August 7]] &ndash; The [[United States Department of War]] is established.<ref>http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/highlights.html?action=view&intID=192 </ref>
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* [[August 21]] &ndash; A proposal for a [[United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]] is adopted by the [[United States House of Representatives]].<ref>http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field(DOCID+@lit(hj001139))</ref>
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* [[August 26]] &ndash; The ''[[Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen]]'' is proclaimed in France, by the Constituent Assembly.
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* [[September 2]] &ndash; The [[United States Department of the Treasury]] is founded.
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* [[September 11]] &ndash; [[Alexander Hamilton]] is appointed as the first [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]].
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* [[September 24]] &ndash; The [[Judiciary Act of 1789]] establishes the federal judiciary, and the [[United States Marshals Service]].<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20090501183241/http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&id=5371</ref>
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* [[September 25]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress]] proposes a set of 12 amendments to the U.S. constitution, for ratification by the states. Ratification for 10 of these proposals is completed on December 5, 1791, creating the [[United States Bill of Rights]].
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* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[Thomas Jefferson]], U.S. Minister to France, is appointed as the first U.S. Secretary of State.
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* [[September 29]] &ndash; The U.S. Department of War establishes the nation's first regular [[United States Army|army]], with a strength of several hundred men.
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* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[Women's March on Versailles]]: Some 7,000 women march {{convert|12|mi|km}} from Paris to the royal [[Palace of Versailles]], to demand action over high bread prices.
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* [[November 6]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius VI]] creates the first diocese in the United States at Baltimore, and appoints [[John Carroll (bishop)|John Carroll]] the first [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[bishop]] in the United States.
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* [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor]], decrees that all peasant labor obligations be converted into cash payments.
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* The [[Bengal Presidency]] first establishes a [[penal colony]], in the [[Andaman Islands]].
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Latest revision as of 09:42, 13 March 2021

1779 < 1780 < 1781 < 1782 < 1783 < 1784 < 1785 <1786 < 1787 < 1788 < 1789 > 1790 > 1791 > 1792 > 1793 > 1794 > 1795 > 1796 > 1797 > 1798 > 1799
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The French Revolution (1789–1799) begins with the Storming of the Bastille
1789, the beginning of the French Revolution

Events

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Event

EventStartEndDescription
French Revolution5 May 17899 November 1799Often cited event in world history that has an even more brutal side to it than is usually discussed.

 

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References

  1. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/highlights.html?action=view&intID=192
  2. ↑ http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field(DOCID+@lit(hj001139))
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090501183241/http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&id=5371
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