What Happened in September 1789

Historical Events

  • Sep 2 US Treasury Department established by Congress

Event of interestEvent of Interest

Sep 11 Alexander Hamilton appointed 1st Secretary of Treasury

1st US Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton
1st US Secretary of Treasury
Alexander Hamilton
  • Sep 13 1st loan to US government (from NYC banks)
  • Sep 15 US Department of Foreign Affairs, renamed Department of State

DiscoveryHistoric Discovery

Sep 17 William Herschel discovers Mimas, satellite of Saturn

Astronomer William Herschel
Astronomer
William Herschel
  • Sep 18 1st loan is made to pay salaries of the presidents & Congress
  • Sep 22 US Congress passes act requiring the first Postmaster General to report to the President through the Secretary of the Treasury
  • Sep 24 US Congress establishes Post Office Department following the new constitution
  • Sep 24 US Federal Judiciary Act is passed & creates a six-person Supreme Court

Event of interestEvent of Interest

Sep 24 President George Washington nominates John Jay for 1st Chief Justice

Ist US Chief Justice John Jay
Ist US Chief Justice
John Jay
  • Sep 24 US Attorney General Office is created
  • Sep 25 US Congress proposes the Bill of Rights
  • Sep 26 4th US Postmaster General: Samuel Osgood of Mass takes office

Event of interestEvent of Interest

Sep 26 Thomas Jefferson appointed 1st US Secretary of State; John Jay becomes 1st US Chief Justice

3rd US President Thomas Jefferson
3rd US President
Thomas Jefferson
Ist US Chief Justice John Jay
Ist US Chief Justice
John Jay
  • Sep 26 Edmund J Randolph becomes 1st US Attorney General
  • Sep 29 US War Department established a regular army

Famous Birthdays

  • Sep 1 Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, composer
  • Sep 3 Edmund Passy, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1870)
  • Sep 9 William Cranch Bond, American astronomer (codiscovered Hyperion)

Person of interestJames Fenimore Cooper

Sep 15 James Fenimore Cooper, 1st major American novelist (Last of Mohicans), born in Burlington, New Jersey

Writer James Fenimore Cooper
Writer
James Fenimore Cooper
  • Sep 28 Richard Bright, English physician (Bright's Disease/nephritis), born in Bristol, England (d. 1858)

Famous Deaths

  • Sep 11 Luca Sorkocevic, composer, dies at 55
  • Sep 12 Franz Xaver Richter, composer, dies at 79
  • Sep 23 John Rogers, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)
  • Sep 28 Thomas Day, author, killed by fall from a horse at Wargrave Berkshire