1795 Calendar
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1795 Historical Event(s)
January 19, 1795
– The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands bringing to an end the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
March 28, 1795
– Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
July 25, 1795
– The first stone of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is laid.
August 31, 1795
– War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee (present-day Sri Lanka) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands.
September 16, 1795
– The first occupation by United Kingdom of Cape Colony, South Africa with the Battle of Hout Bay, after successive victories at the Battle of Muizenberg and Wynberg, after William V requested protection against revolutionary France’s occupation of the Netherlands.
October 1, 1795
– Belgium is conquered by France.
October 24, 1795
– Partitions of Poland: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is completely divided among Austria, Prussia, and Russia
November 2, 1795
– The French Directory succeeds the French National Convention as the government of Revolutionary France.
November 25, 1795
– Partitions of Poland: Stanislaus August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia.
December 28, 1795
– Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto, Ontario).
Who Were Born On 1795?
January 15, 1795
– Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (d. 1829)
January 18, 1795
– Anna Pavlovna of Russia, queen of The Netherlands (d. 1865)
February 5, 1795
– Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (d. 1871)
March 28, 1795
– Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian (d. 1876)
May 23, 1795
– Charles Barry, English architect (d. 1860)
June 12, 1795
– John Marston, Served in the Union Navy during the Civil War
October 5, 1795
– Alexander Keith, Scottish-born Canadian brewer (d. 1873)
November 12, 1795
– Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (d. 1856)
December 4, 1795
– Thomas Carlyle, Scottish writer and historian (d. 1881)
December 21, 1795
– John Russell, English parson and dog breeder (d. 1883)