What Happened In August 1789 In History

Historical Events for August, 1789

• 4th » In France members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their Law of Privilege called privileges.
• 7th » The United States Department of War is established.
• 26th » The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
• 28th » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1789

• 21st » Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic (d. 1857)
• 26th » Abbas Mirza, Persian prince (d. 1833)
• 28th » Stéphanie de Beauharnais, French wife of Charles, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1860)

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