1795 in the United States
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Events from the year 1795 in the United States.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: George Washington (Independent-Virginia)
- Vice President: John Adams (F-Massachusetts)
- Chief Justice:
- Frederick Muhlenberg (Anti-Admin.-Pennsylvania) (until March 4)
- Jonathan Dayton (Federalist-New Jersey) (starting December 7)
State governments
Events
- January 14 â 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 29 â The Naturalization Act of 1795 replaces and repeals the Naturalization Act of 1790.
- February 7 â The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed.
- May 1 â Battle of Nu'uanu: Kamehameha I of the island of Hawaii defeats the Oahuans, solidifying his control of the major islands of the archipelago and officially founding the Kingdom of Hawaii.
- June 8 â George Washington submits the Jay Treaty to the United States Senate for ratification.[1]
- August 2 â The Treaty of Greenville is signed between the Western Confederacy and the United States, ending the Northwest Indian War.
- September 5 â The U.S. signs a treaty with the Dey of Algiers, ruled by Baba Hassan, pledging the payment of $23,000 a year tribute to prevent piracy against American ships.[2]
- October 27 â The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the United States.
Ongoing
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- Northwest Indian War (1785â1795)
- Slavery (1625â1865)
Births
- February 18 â George Peabody, businessman and philanthropist (died 1869)
- April 17 â George Edmund Badger, U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1846 to 1855 (died 1866)
- May 19 â Johns Hopkins, businessman and philanthropist (died 1873)
- June 2 â William S. Fulton, U.S. Senator from Arkansas from 1836 to 1844 (died 1844)
- July 5 â Benjamin Morrell, sealing captain and explorer (died c. 1839 probably in Mozambique)
- August 31 â William Lee D. Ewing, U.S. Senator from Illinois in 1834 (died 1846)
- September 22 â Jesse Speight, U.S. Senator from Mississippi from 1845 to 1847 (died 1847)
- October 13 â James McDowell, politician (died 1851)
- October 16 â William Buell Sprague, clergyman, author (died 1876)
- November 2 â James K. Polk, 11th president of the U.S. from 1845 to 1849 (died 1849)
- November 12 â Thaddeus William Harris, naturalist (died 1856)
- December 1 â James Whitcomb, U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1849 to 1852 (died 1852)
- December 10 â Matthias W. Baldwin, locomotive manufacturer (died 1866)
- date unknown â Chief Oshkosh, Menominee chief (died 1858)
Deaths
- January 22 â Richard Clinton, officer in the Continental Army (born 1741)
- January 23 â John Sullivan, general in the Revolutionary War, delegate in the Continental Congress (born 1740)
- January 25 â Morgan Edwards, clergyman (born 1722 in Wales)
- February 14 â Samuel Cook Silliman, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk (born 1741)
- February 27 â Richard Clarke, Massachusetts merchant (born 1711)
- March 4 â John Collins, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island (born 1717)
- March 9 â John Armstrong, Sr., civil engineer, major general in the Revolutionary War (born 1717)
- March 18 â Jonathan Buck, founder of Bucksport, Maine (born 1719)
- May 2 â Increase Moseley, politician (born 1712)
- May 12 â Ezra Stiles, academic, educator and author (born 1727)
- May 18 â Robert Rogers, British Army officer and colonial frontiersman (born 1731)
- May 19 â Josiah Bartlett, signatory of the Declaration of Independence (born 1729)
- July 28 â Zebulon Butler, soldier and politician (born 1731)
- August 4 â Timothy Ruggles, exiled politician (born 1711)
- August 5 â William Fleming, physician and 3rd Governor of Virginia in 1781 (born 1729 in Scotland)
- August 23 â William Bradford, 2nd U.S. Attorney General from 1794 (born 1755)
- October 10 â Samuel Fraunces, restaurateur (born 1722)
- October 13 â William Prescott, colonel in the Revolutionary War (born 1726)
