1795 in the United States

::John Rutledge (South Carolina) - Speaker of the House of Representatives: ::Frederick Muhlenberg (Anti-Admin.-Pennsylvania) (until March 4) ::Jonathan Dayton (Federalist-New Jersey) (starting December 7) - Congress: [3rd](3rd-united-states-congress) (until March 4), [4th](4th-united-states-congress) (starting March 4) #### State governments ::data[format=table] | Governors and lieutenant governors | |---| | | :: ## Events ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Treaty_of_Greenville.jpg" caption="August 2: The [[Treaty of Greenville]] ends the [[Northwest Indian War"] :: - January 14 – 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 – The Naturalization Act of 1795 replaces and repeals the Naturalization Act of 1790. - February 7 – The 11th Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed. - May 1 – 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 – George Washington submits the Jay Treaty to the United States Senate for ratification. - August 2 – The Treaty of Greenville is signed between the Western Confederacy and the United States, ending the Northwest Indian War. - September 5 – 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. - October 27 – The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the United States. ### Ongoing - Northwest Indian War (1785–1795) - Slavery (1625–1865) ## Births ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Polkpolk.jpg" caption="[[James K. Polk"] :: - February 18 – George Peabody, businessman and philanthropist (died [1869](1869-in-the-united-states)) - April 17 – George Edmund Badger, U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1846 to 1855 (died [1866](1866-in-the-united-states)) - May 19 – Johns Hopkins, businessman and philanthropist (died [1873](1873-in-the-united-states)) - June 2 – William S. Fulton, U.S. Senator from Arkansas from 1836 to 1844 (died [1844](1844-in-the-united-states)) - July 5 – Benjamin Morrell, sealing captain and explorer (died c. 1839 probably in Mozambique) - August 31 – William Lee D. Ewing, U.S. Senator from Illinois in 1834 (died [1846](1846-in-the-united-states)) - September 22 – Jesse Speight, U.S. Senator from Mississippi from 1845 to 1847 (died [1847](1847-in-the-united-states)) - October 13 – James McDowell, politician (died [1851](1851-in-the-united-states)) - October 16 – William Buell Sprague, clergyman, author (died [1876](1876-in-the-united-states)) - November 2 – James K. Polk, 11th president of the U.S. from 1845 to 1849 (died [1849](1849-in-the-united-states)) - November 12 – Thaddeus William Harris, naturalist (died [1856](1856-in-the-united-states)) - December 1 – James Whitcomb, U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1849 to 1852 (died [1852](1852-in-the-united-states)) - December 10 – Matthias W. Baldwin, locomotive manufacturer (died [1866](1866-in-the-united-states)) - *date unknown* – Chief Oshkosh, Menominee chief (died [1858](1858-in-the-united-states)) ## Deaths - January 22 – Richard Clinton, officer in the Continental Army (born [1741](1741)) - January 23 – John Sullivan, general in the Revolutionary War, delegate in the Continental Congress (born [1740](1740)) - January 25 – Morgan Edwards, clergyman (born [1722 in Wales](1722-in-wales)) - February 14 – Samuel Cook Silliman, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk (born [1741](1741)) - February 27 – Richard Clarke, Massachusetts merchant (born [1711](1711)) - March 4 – John Collins, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island (born [1717](1717)) - March 9 – John Armstrong, Sr., civil engineer, major general in the Revolutionary War (born [1717](1717)) - March 18 – Jonathan Buck, founder of Bucksport, Maine (born [1719](1719)) - May 2 – Increase Moseley, politician (born [1712](1712)) - May 12 – Ezra Stiles, academic, educator and author (born [1727](1727)) - May 18 – Robert Rogers, British Army officer and colonial frontiersman (born [1731](1731)) - May 19 – Josiah Bartlett, signatory of the Declaration of Independence (born [1729](1729)) - July 28 – Zebulon Butler, soldier and politician (born [1731](1731)) - August 4 – Timothy Ruggles, exiled politician (born [1711](1711)) - August 5 – William Fleming, physician and 3rd Governor of Virginia in 1781 (born [1729 in Scotland](1729-in-scotland)) - August 23 – William Bradford, 2nd U.S. Attorney General from 1794 (born [1755](1755)) - October 10 – Samuel Fraunces, restaurateur (born [1722](1722)) - October 13 – William Prescott, colonel in the Revolutionary War (born [1726](1726)) ## References ## References 1. ["Jay's Treaty"](https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/jay.html). 2. (1910). "Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909". *Harper & Brothers*. ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1795_in_the_United_States) and is available under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the [article history page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1795_in_the_United_States?action=history). ::