What Happened in 1795 — Events, Births & Deaths

After crossing the frozen Zuiderzee, the French cavalry capture 14 Dutch ships and 850 guns, in a rare occurrence of surrender of naval vessels to land forces.

The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.

The Fédon Rebellion breaks out in Grenada, the rebels seizing Grenville and later Gouyave.

The Battle of Kharda is fought between the Maratha Confederacy and the Nizam of Hyderabad, resulting in Maratha victory.

Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern fief of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.

Treaty of Greenville is signed, ending the Northwest Indian War in the Ohio Country.

Napoleon first rises to prominence by suppressing counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the National Convention.

Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto).