Notable Events
Other notable events in Rittenhouse's life include:
- 1763–1764 Worked on the boundary survey of Pennsylvania and Maryland
- 1767 Granted an honorary master's degree from the College of Philadelphia (later University of Pennsylvania)
- 1768 Discovered the atmosphere of Venus
- 1769 Observed the transit of Venus
- 1770 Came to Philadelphia
- 1775 Engineer of the Committee of Safety
- 1779–1782 Professor of Astronomy in the University of the State of Pennsylvania, now known simply as the University of Pennsylvania
- 1780–1782 Vice-Provost
- 1782–1796 Trustee
- 1779–1787 Treasurer of Pennsylvania
- 1784 Completed the survey of the Mason-Dixon line
- 1791–1796 President of the American Philosophical Society
- 1792–1795 First Director of the United States Mint
- 1793 He was a founder of the Democratic-Republican Societies in Philadelphia.
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