1795 in France

"See also:"
1794 in France,
other events of 1795,
1796 in France.

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Events from the year 1795 in France.

Events

*16 January - French occupy Utrecht, Netherlands.
*17 January - Revolution breaks out in Amsterdam.
*19 January - The Batavian Republic is proclaimed.
*20 January - French troops enter Amsterdam.
*21 January - Dutch fleet in IJsselmeer is captured by French.
*29 January - Chouans attack the Republican held town of Guémené.
*17 February - Peace made with Chouans after their defeat.
*14 March - Battle of Genoa, British-Neapolitan victory over French fleet.
*7 April - France adopts the metre as the unit of length.
*15 May - First Coalition: Napoleon I of France enters Milan in triumph.
*16 May - Treaty of The Hague signed between French Republic and the Batavian Republic ceding territory to France.
*7 June - Siege of Luxembourg ends with surrender of fortress by Austrian forces to the French.
*8 June - Dauphin, would-be-Louis XVII dies. Louis XVIII becomes titular king of France.
*17 June - First Battle of Groix, British naval victory over France.
*23 June - Battle of Groix, British naval victory over France.
*26 June - Hostilities resume after Royalist émigré force lands at Carnac.
*27 June - French troops recapture St. Lucia.
*13 July - Naval Battle of Hyères Islands, British-Neapolitan victory over French fleet.
*15 July - The Marseillaise officially adopted as French national anthem.
*20 July - Emigré force is defeated.
*22 August - French Constitution of 1795 enacted, establishing the Directory.
*25 September - Royalist defeat at Saint-Cyr.
*1 October - Austrian Netherlands annexed to the French Republic as the "Belgian departments."
*5 October - 13 Vendémiaire, battle between French Revolutionary troops and Royalist forces in the streets of Paris, resulting in defeat of Royalist insurrection.
*29 October - Battle of Mainz, Austrian victory over French forces.

Births

*10 July - Jean-Baptiste Guimet, industrial chemist (d.1871).
*6 September - Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers, Marshal of France and politician (d.1878).

Full date unknown

*Philippe Gustave le Doulcet, Comte de Pontécoulant, astronomer (d.1874).

Deaths

*30 April - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, writer and numismatist (b.1716).
*7 May - Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville, lawyer and revolutionary leader (executed) (b.1746).
*1 June - Pierre-Joseph Desault, anatomist and surgeon (b.1744).
*8 June - Louis XVII of France, Dauphin and King (b.1785).
*3 July - Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, historian (b.1714).
*31 August - François-André Danican Philidor, chess player and composer (b.1726).
*15 November - Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, painter (b.1719).

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