1795

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Events

January 16 - French occupy Utrecht, Netherlands
February 7 - The 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 King George IV of the United Kingdom to Caroline of Brunswick
Spring - Kamehameha I of the Island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans at the Battle of Nu'uanu Valley, solidifying his control of the major islands of the archipelago
May 15 - First Coalition: Napoleon I of France enters Milan in triumph.
October 27 - The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which established the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S.
Sweden becomes the first monarchy to recognize the French Republic.
City of Edmonton, Alberta founded when a Hudson's Bay Company Trading Post is established with the construction of Fort Edmonton.
Third Partition of Poland
December 13 A meteorite fell at Wold Newton, a hamlet in Yorkshire in England. This meteorite fall was subsequently used as a literary premise by the science fiction writer Philip Jose Farmer as the basis for the Wold Newton family stories. See: Wold Newton meteorite.

May 19 - Johns Hopkins, philanthropist (+ 1873)
September 16 - Saverio Mercadante, Italian opera composer
October 15 - King Frederick William IV of Prussia
October 31 - John Keats, English poet
November 2 - James Knox Polk, 11th president of the United States
December 4 - Thomas Carlyle, English essayist
Constantine Kanaris - Greek freedom fighter, Admiral and politician.(Another possible year of birth is 1793).