1795 35799 225628157 2008-07-14T17:03:39Z VolkovBot 3035831 robot Adding: [[vo:1795]] {{year nav|{{PAGENAME}}}} {{C18YearInTopicX}} <!-- [[Image: |thumb|140px|right| .]] --> Year '''1795''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MDCCXCV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]] (or a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the 11-day slower [[Julian calendar]]). <!-- 11-day span=Mon-Fri,Tue-Sat,Wed-Sun,Thu-Mon,Fr-Tu,Sa-We,Sun-Thu --> == Events of 1795 == ===January - June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 15]] - [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|The University of North Carolina]] (renamed The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in [[1963]]) opens to students, becoming the first state university in the United States. * [[January 16]] - [[France|French]] occupy [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]], [[Netherlands]]. * [[January 17]] - Revolution breaks out in [[Amsterdam]]. * [[January 19]] - The [[Batavian Republic]] is proclaimed. * [[January 20]] - French troops enter [[Amsterdam]]. * [[January 21]] - Dutch fleet freezed in [[IJsselmeer]] is captured by French 8e Hussard. * [[February 7]] - The [[United States Constitution/Amendment Eleven|11th Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]] is passed. * [[April 7]] - [[France]] adopts the [[metre]] as the unit of length. * [[April 8]] - The Marriage of [[George IV of the United Kingdom|George, Prince of Wales]] to [[Caroline of Brunswick]]. * [[May 1]] - [[Kamehameha I]] of the Island of [[Hawaii]] defeats the [[Oahu|Oahuans]] at the [[Battle of Nu'uanu]], solidifying his control of the major islands of the archipelago and the official founding of the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]]. * [[May 15]] - [[First Coalition]]: [[Napoleon I of France]] enters [[Milan]] in triumph. * May and June - The ''[[Battle of Richmond Hill]]'' in the colony of [[New South Wales]] between the [[Darug]] people and [[British Colonial Forces]]. * [[June 5]] - The [[Copenhagen fire of 1795]] starts in a naval warehouse. * [[June 7]] - The [[Copenhagen fire of 1795]] dies out after destroying 941 houses. * [[June 8]] - [[Dauphin of France|Dauphin]], would-be-[[Louis XVII of France|Louis XVII]] dies. Louis XVIII becomes titular king of France (he becomes actual king of France on April 6, 1814) * [[June 28]] - French government announces that the heir to the [[France|French]] throne has died of illness - many doubt the statement. * [[June 27]] **Mary Robinson, writes the poem "January, 1795". **British forces land of [[Quiberon]] to aid the revolt in [[Brittany]]. **French troops recapture [[St. Lucia]]. ===July - December=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[July 15]] - The [[Marseillaise]] officially adopted as the [[France|French]] [[national anthem]]. * [[July 25]] - Construction of the [[Pontcysyllte Aqueduct]] begins. * [[August 3]] - The signature of the [[Treaty of Greenville]] puts an end to the [[Northwest Indian War]]. * [[September 11]] - The [[Persian Empire|Persian]] army of [[Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar]] [[battle of Krtsanisi|destroys]] the [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] capital [[Tbilisi]]. * [[September 21]] - [[Battle of the Diamond]] in [[Loughgall]], [[Ireland]]. [[Orange Order]] founded. * [[October 1]] - [[Austrian Netherlands]] annexed to the [[French Republic]] as the "Belgian departments." * [[October 5]] - Royalist riots in [[Paris]] are crushed by troops under [[Paul François Jean Nicolas Barras|Paul Barras]] and newly reinstalled artillery officer [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]. * [[October 24]] - Third [[Partitions of Poland|Partition of Poland]] is made. * [[October 27]] - The [[United States]] and [[Spain]] sign the [[Treaty of Madrid (1795)|Treaty of Madrid]], which established the boundaries between [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish colonies]] and the [[U.S.]] * [[December 13]] A [[meteorite]] fell at [[Wold Newton, East Riding of Yorkshire|Wold Newton]], a hamlet in [[Yorkshire]] in [[England]]. This meteorite fall was subsequently used as a literary premise by the [[science fiction]] writer [[Philip José Farmer]] as the basis for the [[Wold Newton family]] stories. See: [[Wold Newton meteorite]]. ===Undated=== * [[Sweden]] becomes the first monarchy to recognize the [[French Republic]]. * The [[Hudson's Bay Company]] Trading Post [[Fort Edmonton]] is constructed; the city of [[Edmonton, Alberta]] will eventually grow from it. * Failed harvest in [[Munich]]. * Large [[slavery|slave]] rebellion occurs in [[Curaçao]]. * [[Spain]] cedes its half of [[Hispaniola]] to [[France]]. *[[Sans-culottes]] revolt in [[France]]. ===Ongoing events=== * [[French Revolution]] ([[1789]]-[[1799]]). * [[French Revolutionary Wars]] ([[1792]]-[[1802]]) [[First Coalition]]. ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Kansei]] 6 &ndash; 7}} <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 18]] - [[Anna Pavlovna of Russia]], Dutch queen (d. [[1865]]) * [[February 3]] - [[Antonio José de Sucre]], [[Venezuela]]n revolutionary leader, general and statesman (d. [[1830]]) * [[February 18]] - [[George Peabody]], American businessman and philanthropist (d.[[1869]]) * [[May 19]] - [[Johns Hopkins]], American businessman and philanthropist (d. [[1873]]) * [[May 23]] - [[Charles Barry]], English architect (d. [[1860]]) * [[September 6]] - [[Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers]], [[Marshal of France]] (d. [[1878]]) * [[September 16]] - [[Saverio Mercadante]], Italian composer (d. [[1870]]) * [[October 15]] - King [[Frederick William IV of Prussia]] (d. [[1861]]) * [[October 16]] - [[William Buell Sprague]], American clergyman and author (d. [[1876]]) * [[October 31]] - [[John Keats]], English poet (d. [[1821]]) * [[November 2]] - [[James Knox Polk]], 11th [[President of the United States]] (d. [[1849]]) * [[November 12]] - [[Thaddeus William Harris]], American naturalist (d. [[1856]]) * [[December 4]] - [[Thomas Carlyle]], Scottish writer and historian (d. [[1881]]) * [[December 10]] - [[Matthias W. Baldwin]], American locomotive manufacturer (d. [[1866]]) : ''See also [[:Category: 1795 births]].'' ==Deaths== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 3]] - [[Josiah Wedgwood]], English potter (b. [[1730]]) *[[January 21]] - [[Samuel Wallis]], English navigator *[[January 26]] - [[Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach]], German composer (b. [[1732]]) *[[March 4]] - [[John Collins (delegate)|John Collins]], American politician (b. [[1717]]) *[[March 21]] - [[Giovanni Arduino]], Italian geologist (b. [[1714]]) *[[April 12]] - [[Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée]], Bavarian general (b. [[1710]]) *[[May 7]] - [[Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville]], French revolutionary leader (executed) (b. [[1746]]) *[[May 18]] - [[Robert Rogers (soldier)]], founder of [[Rogers Rangers]] (b. [[1731]]) *[[May 19]] - [[Josiah Bartlett]], signer of the American Declaration of Independence (b. [[1729]]) *[[June 1]] - [[Pierre-Joseph Desault]], French anatomist and surgeon (b. [[1744]]) *[[June 8]] - King [[Louis XVII of France]] (b. [[1785]]) *[[July 3]] **[[Louis-Georges de Bréquigny]], French historian (b. [[1714]]) **[[Antonio de Ulloa]], Spanish general and governor of Louisiana (b. [[1716]]) *[[July 9]] - [[Henry Seymour Conway]], British general and statesman (b. [[1721]]) *[[August 4]] - [[Timothy Ruggles]], American-born Tory politician (b. [[1711]]) *[[August 31]] - [[François-André Danican Philidor]], French composer and chess player (b. [[1726]]) *[[October 8]] - [[Andrew Kippis]], English non-conformist clergyman and biographer (b. [[1725]]) *[[October 10]] - [[Francesco Antonio Zaccaria]], Italian theologian and historian (b. [[1714]]) *[[November 15]] - [[Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo]], French painter (b. [[1719]]) *[[December 23]] - [[Henry Clinton (American War of Independence)|Henry Clinton]], British general (b. [[1730]]) *[[December 28]] - [[Eugenio Espejo]], Ecuadorian scientist (b. 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