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Historical Event(s)
– On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
– 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.
– Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
– French revolutionary and radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gave a speech, following hearing the news that France’s financial minister Jacques Necker has been dismissed. The speech called the citizens to arms, which lead to the falling of the Bastille two days later.
– Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, is named by acclamation colonel-general of the new National Guard of Paris.
– The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
– The United States War Department is established.
– 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.
– Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States.
– New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
Who Were Born On ?
– Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German inventor of the stenography (d. 1849)
– Josiah Henson, American minister and abolitionist (d. 1883)
– Horace Vernet, French painter and graphic artist (d. 1863)
– Maria Isabella of Spain, Queen consort of the Two Sicilies, wife of Francis I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1846)
– John Martin, English painter (d. 1854)
– Augustin Louis Cauchy, French mathematician (d. 1857)
– Abbas Mirza, Prince of Persia (d. 1833)
– James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist (d. 1851)
– John Ruggles, American politician (d. 1874)
– Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest and revolutionary (d. 1853)