page_title: 1789
section_title: July–September
hierarchical_section_title: 1789 / Events / July–September
caption_attribution_description: Беларуская: "Узяцце Бастыліі", Бернар Журдан,акварэль; 37,8 x 50,5 см English: "The Storming of the Bastille", Visible in the center is the arrest of Bernard René Jourdan, marquis de Launay (1740-1789), Watercolor painting; 37,8 x 50,5 cm Español: "Toma de la Bastilla", En el centro se apreciaba el arresto del marqués de Launay Português: A "Tomada da Bastilha", no centro se vê a prisão de Jourdan de René de Bernard, marquês de Laundry (1740-1789). Català: "Presa de la Bastilla". Al centre es veu l'arrest del marquès de Launay
context_page_description: 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1789th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 789th year of the 2nd millennium, the 89th year of the 18th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1780s decade. As of the start of 1789, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: July – An estimated 150,000 of Paris's 600,000 people are without work.
  July 1 – 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 –  The U.S. Congress passes its first bill, setting out tariffs. 
  July 9
  At Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly, and begins preparations for what will become the French Constitution of 1791.
  The Theatre War officially ends in Scandinavia.
  July – Storofsen flood in Norway.
  July 10 – Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River Delta.
  July 11 – Louis XVI of France dismisses popular Chief Minister Jacques Necker.
  July 12 – An angry Parisian crowd, inflamed by a speech from journalist Camille Desmoulins, demonstrates against the King's decision to dismiss Minister Necker.
  July 13 – The people begin to seize arms for the defense of Paris.
  July 14
  The French Revolution (1789–1799) begins with the Storming of the Bastille: Citizens of Paris storm the fortress of the Bastille, and free the only seven prisoners held. In rural areas, peasants attack manors of the nobility.
  Survivors of the mutiny on the Bounty, including Captain William Bligh and 18 others, reach Timor after a nearly 4,000-mile (6,400 km) journey in an open boat.
  July 27 – The first agency of the Federal government of the United States under the new Constitution, the Department of Foreign Affairs  (from September 15 renamed the Department of State), is established.
  August 4 – In France, members of the Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism, and abandon their privileges.
  August 7 – The United States Department of War is established.
  August 18 – The Liège Revolution breaks out in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège.
  August 21 – A proposal for a Bill of Rights is adopted by the United States House of Representatives.
  August 26 – The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is proclaimed in France, by the Constituent Assembly.
  August 28 – William Herschel discovers Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons.
  September 2 – The United States Department of the Treasury is founded. 
  September 11 – Alexander Hamilton is appointed as the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
  September 22 –
  Russo-Turkish War (1787–92) – Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov roundly defeats 100,000 Turks.
  The United States Department of the Post Office is established.  
  September 24 – The Judiciary Act of 1789 establishes the federal judiciary, and the United States Marshals Service.
  September 25 – The United States Congress proposes a set of 12 amendments to the U.S. constitution, for ratification by the states.   Ratification for 10 of these proposals is completed on December 5, 1791, creating the United States Bill of Rights.
  September 26 – Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Minister to France, is appointed as the first U.S. Secretary of State.  
  September 29 – The U.S. Department of War establishes the nation's first regular army, with a strength of several hundred men.
caption: July 14: Storming of the Bastille
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