What Happened in April 1789

Historical Events

Apr 4 First US Congress begins regular sessions during George Washington's presidency at Federal Hall, NYC (ends 1791)

Apr 21 John Adams sworn in as 1st US Vice President (9 days before Washington)

Apr 23 President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, New York, first official residence of a US President

Apr 28 Fletcher Christian leads a mutiny on HMS Bounty against its captain William Bligh in the South Pacific

Apr 30 George Washington is inaugurated as the first President of the United States of America at Federal Hall in NYC

Apr 7 Abd-ul-Hamid I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1725)
Apr 7 Petrus Camper, Dutch anatomist and anthropologist who studied comparative anatomy, paleontology and the facial angle, dies at 66
Apr 26 Peter Ivanovich Panin, Russian general (Pugatshov-uprising), dies at ~67