Swedenborg's New Jerusalem Church founded.
1788. Revolution in the Austrian Netherlands provinces.
Ratification in eleven of the states of the Constitution of the United States. Founding of Cincinnati. The members of the Society of Friends in Philadelphia emancipate their slaves.
Mental derangement of George III of England. A penal settlement formed by the English in Australia.
Louis XVI of France appoints Necker chief minister. New Assembly of Notables; the Third Estate admitted, numbering one-half.
War against Russia declared by Sweden.
1789. Washington elected President of the United States. The first Congress under the Constitution supersedes the Continental Congress. Inauguration of Washington at New York, April 30. See "Inauguration of Washington: His Farewell Address," xiv, [197].
War in India between the English and Tippoo Sahib.
A Roman Catholic episcopal see erected at Baltimore, the first in the United States.
Battle of Fokshani; defeat of the Turks by the Austrians and Russians.