Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury. Alexander Hamilton was one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United…
Tag: 1789
28 April 1789
Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift, and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly before setting sail for…
4 February 1789
George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College. George Washington (1732-1799) was an American military…
26 September 1789
George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State
12 July 1789
In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming…
26 November 1789
President George Washington proclaims a national Thanksgiving Day at the request of Congress.