June 1789 in History

Events in History

Bill of Rights

Jun 8 James Madison introduces a proposed Bill of Rights in the US House of Representatives

Jun 9 Spanish capture British schooner Northwest America near Vancouver Island
Jun 13 Mrs Alexander Hamilton serves ice cream for dessert to Washington

Mutiny on the Bounty

Jun 14 Captain William Bligh and his loyal men cast offf from HMS Bounty reach Timor, after sailing 5,800 km in a 6-metre launch

Lieutenant William Bligh is set adrift by the mutineers aboard the HMS Bounty on April 28, 1789

Jun 17 French Revolution: During the meeting of the Estates-General, the Third Estate proclaims itself the 'National Assembly'

Tennis Court Oath

Jun 20 French Revolution: The Third Estate of the French Estates-General swears the Tennis Court Oath at the Palace of Versailles, swearing not to disband until a new constitution is formed

French Revolution

Jun 23 French King Louis XVI rejects the demands of the Third Estate, calling itself the National Assembly, during the opening stages of the French Revolution

Jun 27 French Revolution: King Louis XVI orders the nobility and clergy of the Estates-General to meet with the Third Estate, by then called the National Assembly

Birthdays in History

Jun 15 Josiah Henson, American slave and settlement founder (d. 1883)
Jun 30 Horace Vernet, French painter of battles and Orientalist subjects, born in Paris (d. 1863)