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Historical Event(s)
– Mutiny on the Bounty: Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400 km journey in an open boat.
– In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
– The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
– William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn.
– Battle of Rymnik establishes Alexander Suvorov as a pre-eminent Russian military commander after his allied army defeat superior Ottoman Empire forces.
– 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.
– 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.
– French Revolution: Women of Paris march to Versailles in the March on Versailles to confront Louis XVI about his refusal to promulgate the decrees on the abolition of feudalism, demand bread, and have the King and his court moved to Paris.
– French Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October
– 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)
– Manuel Rodríguez, Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader, considered one of the founders of independent Chile (d. 1818)
– 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)
– Abbas Mirza, Prince of Persia (d. 1833)
– Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden (d. 1860)
– Ferencz Gyulai Hungarian nobleman (d. 1868)
– John Ruggles, American politician (d. 1874)