Events

• 16 January - French occupy Utrecht
  Utrecht (city)
  Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
  
  , Netherlands
  Netherlands
  The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
  
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• 17 January - Revolution breaks out in Amsterdam
  Amsterdam
  Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
  
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• 19 January - The Batavian Republic
  Batavian Republic
  The Batavian Republic was the successor of the Republic of the United Netherlands. It was proclaimed on January 19, 1795, and ended on June 5, 1806, with the accession of Louis Bonaparte to the throne of the Kingdom of Holland....
  
   is proclaimed.
• 20 January - French troops enter Amsterdam
  Amsterdam
  Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
  
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• 21 January - Dutch fleet in IJsselmeer
  IJsselmeer
  IJsselmeer is a shallow artificial lake of 1100 km² in the central Netherlands bordering the provinces of Flevoland, North Holland and Friesland, with an average depth of 5 to 6 m. The IJsselmeer is the largest lake in Western Europe....
  
   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
  Naval Battle of Genoa (1795)
  The Naval Battle of Genoa was fought on 14 March 1795 off the coast of Genoa, a port city in north-western Italy, between French warships under Rear-Admiral Pierre Martin and British and Neapolitan warships under Vice Admiral William Hotham...
  
  , British-Neapolitan victory over French fleet.
• 7 April - France adopts the metre
  Metre
  The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...
  
   as the unit of length.
• 15 May - First Coalition
  First Coalition
  The War of the First Coalition was the first major effort of multiple European monarchies to contain Revolutionary France. France declared war on the Habsburg monarchy of Austria on 20 April 1792, and the Kingdom of Prussia joined the Austrian side a few weeks later.These powers initiated a series...
  
  : Napoleon I of France
  Napoleon I of France
  Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...
  
   enters Milan
  Milan
  Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
  
   in triumph.
• 16 May - Treaty of The Hague
  Treaty of The Hague (1795)
  The Treaty of Den Haag was signed on May 16, 1795 between representatives of the French Republic and the Batavian Republic. Based on the terms of the treaty, the Batavian Republic ceded the territories of Maastricht, Venlo, and Flanders to France...
  
   signed between French Republic and the Batavian Republic
  Batavian Republic
  The Batavian Republic was the successor of the Republic of the United Netherlands. It was proclaimed on January 19, 1795, and ended on June 5, 1806, with the accession of Louis Bonaparte to the throne of the Kingdom of Holland....
  
   ceding territory to France.
• 7 June - Siege of Luxembourg
  Siege of Luxembourg (1794-1795)
  The siege of Luxembourg was a siege by France of the Habsburg-held fortress of Luxembourg City that lasted from 1794 until 7 June 1795, during the French Revolutionary Wars...
  
   ends with surrender of fortress by Austrian forces to the French.
• 8 June - Dauphin, would-be-Louis XVII
  Louis XVII of France
  Louis XVII , from birth to 1789 known as Louis-Charles, Duke of Normandy; then from 1789 to 1791 as Louis-Charles, Dauphin of France; and from 1791 to 1793 as Louis-Charles, Prince Royal of France, was the son of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette...
  
   dies. Louis XVIII becomes titular king of France.
• 17 June - First Battle of Groix
  First Battle of Groix
  The First Battle of Groix was a naval engagement that took place on 16 and 17 June 1795 during the French Revolutionary War off the west coast of France...
  
  , British naval victory over France.
• 23 June - Battle of Groix
  Battle of Groix
  The Second Battle of Groix was a naval engagement that took place on 23 June 1795 during the French Revolutionary War off the west coast of France....
  
  , British naval victory over France.
• 26 June - Hostilities resume after Royalist émigré force lands at Carnac
  Carnac
  Carnac is a commune beside the Gulf of Morbihan on the south coast of Brittany in the Morbihan department in north-western France.Its inhabitants are called Carnacois...
  
  .
• 27 June - French troops recapture St. Lucia.
• 13 July - Naval Battle of Hyères Islands
  Naval Battle of Hyères Islands
  The Naval Battle of Hyères Islands was fought on 13 July 1795 off the Hyères Islands, a group of islands off the French Mediterranean coast, about 25 km east of Toulon. The battle was fought between the van of a British fleet chasing the French squadron, and the French rear...
  
  , British-Neapolitan victory over French fleet.
• 15 July - The Marseillaise officially adopted as French national anthem
  National anthem
  A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...
  
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• 20 July - Émigré force is defeated.
• 22 August - French Constitution of 1795
  French Constitution of 1795
  The Constitution of 22 August 1795 was a national constitution of France ratified by the National Convention on 22 August 1795 during the French Revolution...
  
   enacted, establishing the Directory
  French Directory
  The Directory was a body of five Directors that held executive power in France following the Convention and preceding the Consulate...
  
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• 25 September - Royalist defeat at Saint-Cyr
  Saint-Cyr
  The toponym Saint-Cyr refers to the popular child-saint Saint Quiricus , whose following was strong in France because relics were brought back from Antioch by the 4th-century Bishop Saint Amator of Auxerre...
  
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• 1 October - Austrian Netherlands annexed to the French Republic as the "Belgian departments."
• 5 October - 13 Vendémiaire
  13 Vendémiaire
  13 Vendémiaire Year 4 is the name given to a battle between the French Revolutionary troops and Royalist forces in the streets of Paris...
  
  , battle between French Revolutionary troops and Royalist forces in the streets of Paris
  Paris
  Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
  
  , resulting in defeat of Royalist insurrection.
• 29 October - Battle of Mainz
  Battle of Mainz
  The Battle of Mainz was fought on 29 October 1795 during the French Revolutionary Wars, between France and Austria. The battle was fought near the city of Mainz now in western Germany and ended in an Austrian victory.-People involved:...
  
  , Austrian victory over French forces.

Births

• 10 July - Jean-Baptiste Guimet
  Jean-Baptiste Guimet
  Jean-Baptiste Guimet , French industrial chemist, was born at Voiron, Isère.He studied at the École Polytechnique in Paris, and in 1817 entered the Administration des Poudres et Salpêtres...
  
  , industrial chemist (d.1871
  1871 in France
  See also:1870 in France,other events of 1871,1872 in France.----Events from the year 1871 in France.- Events :* 3 January - Battle of Bapaume...
  
  ).
• 6 September - Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers
  Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers
  Louis-Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers, 1st Comte Baraguey d'Hilliers was a Marshal of France and politician.Baraguey d'Hilliers was born in Paris, the son of the French revolutionary general Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers...
  
  , Marshal of France
  Marshal of France
  The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements...
  
   and politician (d.1878
  1878 in France
  See also:1877 in France,other events of 1878,1879 in France.----Events from the year 1878 in France.-Events:*1 May - Exposition Universelle opened in Paris.*10 November - Exposition Universelle closed.-January to June:...
  
  ).

Full date unknown

• Philippe Gustave le Doulcet, Comte de Pontécoulant
  Philippe Gustave le Doulcet, Comte de Pontécoulant
  Philippe Gustave Doulcet, Comte de Pontécoulant was a French astronomer.He was the younger son of Louis Gustave le Doulcet, Comte de Pontécoulant and was the brother of Louis-Adolphe Pontécoulant. After 1811 he served in the army until 1849...
  
  , astronomer (d.1874
  1874 in France
  See also:1873 in France,other events of 1874,1875 in France.----Events from the year 1874 in France.-Arts and literature:*23 January - Camille Saint-Saëns' composition Danse Macabre is premiered....
  
  ).

Deaths

• 30 April - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy
  Jean-Jacques Barthélemy
  Jean-Jacques Barthélemy was a French writer and numismatist.-Early life:Barthélemy was born at Cassis, in Provence, and began his classical studies at the College of Oratory in Marseilles. He took up philosophy and theology at the Jesuits' college, and finally attended the seminary of the Lazarists...
  
  , writer and numismatist (b.1716
  1716 in France
  See also:1715 in France,other events of 1716,1717 in France.----Events from the year 1716 in France.-Births:*20 January - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, writer and numismatist .*29 May - Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, naturalist ....
  
  ).
• 7 May - Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville
  Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville
  Antoine Quentin Fouquier de Tinville was a French lawyer during the Revolution and Reign of Terror periods.-Early career:...
  
  , lawyer and revolutionary leader (executed) (b.1746).
• 1 June - Pierre-Joseph Desault
  Pierre-Joseph Desault
  Pierre-Joseph Desault was a French anatomist and surgeon.He was destined for a career in the Church, but his own inclination was towards the study of medicine; after learning something from the barber-surgeon of his native village, he was settled as an apprentice in the military hospital of...
  
  , anatomist and surgeon
  Surgery
  Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...
  
   (b.1744).
• 8 June - Louis XVII of France
  Louis XVII of France
  Louis XVII , from birth to 1789 known as Louis-Charles, Duke of Normandy; then from 1789 to 1791 as Louis-Charles, Dauphin of France; and from 1791 to 1793 as Louis-Charles, Prince Royal of France, was the son of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette...
  
  , Dauphin and King (b.1785).
• 3 July - Louis-Georges de Bréquigny
  Louis-Georges de Bréquigny
  Louis-Georges-Oudard-Feudrix de Bréquigny , French scholar, was born at Granville, Manche in Normandy.His first publications were anonymous: an Histoire des revolutions de Genes jusqu'à la paix de 1748 , and a series of Vies des orateurs grecs...
  
  , historian (b.1714).
• 31 August - François-André Danican Philidor
  François-André Danican Philidor
  François-André Danican Philidor , often referred to as André Danican Philidor during his lifetime, was a French composer and chess player. He contributed to the early development of the opéra comique...
  
  , chess player and composer (b.1726).
• 15 November - Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo
  Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo
  Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo was a French painter of allegorical scenes and portraits.He studied under his father, the painter Jean-Baptiste van Loo, at Turin and Rome, where in 1738 he won the Prix de Rome, then at Aix-en-Provence, before returning to Paris in 1745...
  
  , painter (b.1719).