Editing 1789 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July]]
** An estimated 150,000 of Paris's 600,000 people are without work.
** [[Storofsen flood]] in Norway.
* [[July 1]] &ndash; The comic ballet ''[[La fille mal gardée]]'', choreographed by [[Jean Dauberval]], is first presented under the title ''Le ballet de la paille'', at the [[Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux]], at [[Bordeaux]], France.
* [[July 4]] &ndash;  The U.S. Congress passes its first bill, setting out tariffs.<ref name="Harper1789">''Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909'', ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p168-169</ref>
* [[July 9]]
** At [[Versailles, Yvelines|Versailles]], the [[National Assembly (French Revolution)|National Assembly]] reconstitutes itself as the [[National Constituent Assembly (France)|National Constituent Assembly]], and begins preparations for what will become the [[French Constitution of 1791]].
** The [[Theatre War]] officially ends in Scandinavia.
* [[July 10]] &ndash; [[Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)|Alexander Mackenzie]] reaches the [[Mackenzie River]] Delta.
* [[July 11]] &ndash; [[Louis XVI of France]] dismisses popular Chief Minister [[Jacques Necker]].
* [[July 12]] &ndash; An angry Parisian crowd, inflamed by a speech from journalist [[Camille Desmoulins]], demonstrates against the King's decision to dismiss Minister Necker.
* [[July 13]] &ndash; The people begin to seize arms for the defense of Paris.
* [[July 14]] 
** [[French Revolution]]: [[Storming of the Bastille]] &ndash; Citizens of Paris storm the fortress of the [[Bastille]], and free the only seven prisoners held. In rural areas, peasants attack the manors of the nobility.
** Survivors of the [[Mutiny on the Bounty|mutiny on the ''Bounty'']], including Captain [[William Bligh]] and 18 others, reach [[Timor]] after a nearly {{convert|4000|mi|km|adj=on}} journey in an open boat.
* [[July 27]] &ndash; The first agency of the [[Federal government of the United States]] under the new Constitution, the Department of Foreign Affairs <ref name="Harper1789"/> (on [[September 15]] renamed the [[United States Department of State|Department of State]]), is established.
* [[August 4]] &ndash; In France, members of the Constituent Assembly take an oath to end [[feudalism]] and abandon their privileges.
* [[August 7]] &ndash; The [[United States Department of War]] is established.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/highlights.html?action=view&intID=192 |publisher=clerk.house.gov |title=The establishment of the Department of War |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307094403/http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/highlights.html?action=view&intID=192 |archive-date=March 7, 2011 }}</ref>
* [[August 18]] &ndash; The [[Liège Revolution]] breaks out in the [[Prince-Bishopric of Liège]].
* [[August 21]] &ndash; A proposal for a [[United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]] is adopted by the [[United States House of Representatives]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Freedom of Religion, the First Amendment, and the Supreme Court: How the Court Flunked History|last=Adamson|first=Barry|year=2008|page=93|publisher=Pelican Publishing|isbn=9781455604586|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tgw-rCrNYacC&pg=PA93}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1789-1793|page=85|date=August 21, 1789|url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field(DOCID+@lit(hj001139)):}}</ref>
* [[August 24]] &ndash; The first [[Battle of Svensksund (1789)|naval battle of the Svensksund]] begins in the [[Gulf of Finland]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mattila |first1=Tapani |title=Meri maamme turvana |trans-title=Sea safeguarding our country |year=1983 |publisher=K. J. Gummerus Osakeyhtiö |location=Jyväskylä |language=Finnish |isbn=951-99487-0-8 }}</ref>
* [[August 26]] &ndash; The ''[[Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen]]'' is proclaimed in France by the Constituent Assembly.
* [[August 28]] &ndash; [[William Herschel]] discovers [[Enceladus]], one of [[Saturn]]'s moons.
* [[September 2]] &ndash; The [[United States Department of the Treasury]] is founded.<ref name="Harper1789"/>
* [[September 11]] &ndash; [[Alexander Hamilton]] is appointed as the first [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]].
* [[September 22]]
**[[Russo-Turkish War (1787–92)]] &ndash; [[Battle of Rymnik]]: [[Alexander Suvorov]] roundly defeats 100,000 Turks.
**The United States Department of the Post Office is established.<ref name="Harper1789"/>
* [[September 24]] &ndash; The [[Judiciary Act of 1789]] establishes the federal judiciary, and the [[United States Marshals Service]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&id=5371|title=The First Supreme Court|publisher=[[History.com]]|access-date=2008-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501183241/http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&id=5371 |archive-date=May 1, 2009 }}</ref>
* [[September 25]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress]] proposes a set of 12 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, for ratification by the states.<ref name="Harper1789"/> Ratification for 10 of these proposals is completed on December 5, 1791, creating the [[United States Bill of Rights]].
* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[Thomas Jefferson]], U.S. Minister to France, is appointed as the first U.S. Secretary of State.<ref name="Harper1789"/>
* [[September 29]] &ndash; The U.S. Department of War establishes the nation's first regular [[United States Army|army]], with a strength of several hundred men.