March1789

March 1789 in History

Events in History

Mar 3 First whale harpooned in the Pacific Ocean by English ship Emilia off the coast of South America [1]

Constitution of the United States

Mar 4 1st US Congress meets and declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 reps)

Page one of the original copy of the Constitution of the United States

Mar 4 US House of Representatives 1st full meeting, NYC, Fx. Muhlenberg 1st speaker

Historic Event

Mar 11 Benjamin Banneker and Pierre Charles L'Enfant begin to lay out Washington, D.C.

Benjamin Banneker — Mathematician, Astronomer and Almanac Author Benjamin Banneker

Pierre Charles L'Enfant — Washington D.C. Architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant

Birthdays in History

Mar 4 Pavel Gagarin, Russian politician (d. 1872)
Mar 16 Georg Ohm, German physicist and mathematician (Ohm's law), born in Erlangen, Bavaria (d. 1854)

Historical Figures

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