Editing 1789 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[Women's March on Versailles]]: Some 7,000 women march {{convert|12|mi|km}} from Paris to the royal [[Palace of Versailles]] to demand action over high bread prices.
* [[October 10]] &ndash; Physician [[Joseph-Ignace Guillotin]] proposes to the [[National Assembly (French Revolution)|French National Assembly]] the adoption of more humane and egalitarian forms of [[capital punishment]], including use of the [[guillotine]].
* [[October 24]] &ndash; [[Brabant Revolution]]: Brabant revolutionaries cross the border from the [[Dutch Republic]] into the [[Austrian Netherlands]]; the first public reading of the [[Manifesto of the People of Brabant]] declares the independence of the Austrian Netherlands.
* [[October 27]] &ndash; [[Battle of Turnhout (1789)|Battle of Turnhout]]: The Austrian army is beaten by [[Brabant Revolution|Brabant revolutionaries]].
* [[November 2]] &ndash; [[Decree on the goods of the clergy placed at the disposal of the Nation]] passed by the [[National Constituent Assembly (France)|National Constituent Assembly]].
* [[November 6]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius VI]] creates the first diocese in the United States at Baltimore, and appoints [[John Carroll (bishop)|John Carroll]] the first [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[bishop]] in the United States.
* [[November 20]] &ndash; [[New Jersey]] ratifies the [[United States Bill of Rights]], the first [[U.S. state|state]] to do so.
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[North Carolina]] ratifies the [[United States Constitution]], and becomes the 12th [[U.S. state]].<ref name="Harper1789"/>
* [[November 26]] &ndash; A national [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving Day]] is observed in the United States, as recommended by President George Washington and approved by Congress.
* [[December 11]] &ndash; The [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]], the  oldest [[public university]] in the United States, is founded.
* [[December 23]] &ndash; A leaflet circulated in France accuses the [[Thomas de Mahy, marquis de Favras|Marquis de Favras]] of plotting to rescue the royal family.