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What Happened in March 1789

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Historical Events

  • Mar 2 Pennsylvania ends prohibition of theatrical performances
  • Mar 3 First whale harpooned in the Pacific Ocean by English ship Emilia off the coast of South America [1]

Constitution of the United States

Mar 4 1st US Congress meets and declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 reps)

Page one of the original copy of the Constitution of the United States
  • Mar 4 US House of Representatives 1st full meeting, NYC, Fx. Muhlenberg 1st speaker

Washington D.C. Laid Out

Mar 11 Benjamin Banneker and Pierre Charles L'Enfant begin to lay out Washington, D.C.

Mathematician, Astronomer and Almanac Author Benjamin Banneker
Washington D.C. Architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant

Events in 1789

Famous Birthdays

  • Mar 4 Pavel Gagarin, Russian politician (d. 1872)

Georg Ohm (1789-1854)

Mar 16 German physicist and mathematician (Ohm's law), born in Erlangen, Bavaria

Georg Ohm
  • Mar 17 Edmund Kean, British Shakespearean tragic actor (Shylock), born in London, England (d. 1833)
Born in 1789


What Happened in 1789

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