1789

Events

 * September 11:
 * Alexander Hamilton becomes 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury
 * September 26:
 * Aaron Burr becomes the 3rd Attorney General of New York

Births

 * December 17:
 * Clement Comer Clay - 8th Governor of Alabama (d. 1866)

Deaths

 * August 25:
 * Mary Ball - Mother of George Washington (b. 1707)