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=== January–June === * [[January]] – Central [[England]] records its coldest ever month, in the [[Central England temperature|CET]] records dating back to [[1659]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/news/articles/how-british-people-weathered-exceptionally-cold-winters|title=How British people weathered exceptionally cold winters|publisher=Liverpool University|language=English|date=4 January 2021|accessdate=12 December 2022}}</ref> * [[January 14]] – The [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina]] opens to students at [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill]], becoming the first state university in the United States. * [[January 16]] – [[War of the First Coalition]]: [[Low Countries theatre of the War of the First Coalition|Flanders campaign]]: The French occupy [[Utrecht]], [[Dutch Republic|Netherlands]]. * [[January 18]] – [[Batavian Revolution in Amsterdam]]: [[William V, Prince of Orange]], [[Stadtholder]] of the [[Dutch Republic]] (Republic of the Seven United Netherlands), flees the country. * [[January 19]] – The [[Batavian Republic]] is proclaimed in Amsterdam, ending the [[Dutch Republic]] (Republic of the Seven United Netherlands). * [[January 20]] – French troops enter [[Amsterdam]]. * [[January 23]] – Flanders campaign: [[Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder]]: The Dutch fleet, frozen in Zuiderzee, is captured by the French 8th [[Hussar]]s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Eschner |first1=Kat |title=The Only Time in History When Men on Horseback Captured a Fleet of Ships |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/only-time-history-when-bunch-men-horseback-captured-naval-fleet-180961824/ |website=Smithsonian Magazine |access-date=6 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * [[February 7]] – The [[Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution]] is passed. * [[March]] – English [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] monks expelled from [[Douai]] are permitted to proceed to England. * [[March 13]]–[[March 14|14]] – War of the First Coalition [[Battle of Genoa (1795)|Battle of Genoa]]: The British and Neapolitan fleets are victorious over the French. * [[March 29]] – [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] makes his public debut in Vienna performing his [[Piano Concerto No. 2 (Beethoven)|Second Piano Concerto]] under the baton of his teacher [[Antonio Salieri]]. * [[April 5]] – The [[Peace of Basel]] is signed, between France and [[Prussia]]. * [[April 7]] – The [[metric system]] is adopted in France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smdsi.quartier-rural.org/histoire/18germ_3.htm|title=Decree on weights and measures|year=1795|access-date=2008-10-02}}</ref> * [[April 8]] – [[George IV|George, Prince of Wales]], marries [[Caroline of Brunswick]]. * [[April 23]] ** Former [[Governor-General of India]] [[Warren Hastings]] is acquitted by the British [[House of Lords]] of misconduct.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology345346">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/345|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/345 345–346]}}</ref> ** [[Sweden]] becomes the first monarchy to recognize the [[French First Republic|French Republic]] - Swedish ambassador introduced into the French Convention.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Collection of State Papers Relative to the War Against France Now Carrying on by Great Britain and the Several Other European Powers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J_hYAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PA304|year=1795|pages=304–|last1 = Debritt|first1 = John}}</ref> * [[May 1]] – [[Unification of Hawai‘i]]: [[Battle of Nuʻuanu]]: [[Kamehameha I]] of the Island of Hawaii defeats the [[Oahu]]ans, solidifying his control of the major islands of the archipelago and officially founding the [[Kingdom of Hawaii]]. * [[May 31]] – [[French Revolution]]: [[Revolutionary Tribunal]] suppressed. * [[May]]–June – The [[Battle of Richmond Hill]] is fought in the colony of [[Colony of New South Wales|New South Wales]], between the [[Darug]] people and British colonial forces. * [[June 3]] – The [[Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies]] are founded at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]].<ref>{{cite web |title=A Guide to Petitioning the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies |url=https://diphi.web.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2645/2022/11/Petitioning-Guide-November-2022.pdf |publisher=Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies |access-date=26 March 2023}}</ref> * [[June 5]]–[[June 7|7]] – The [[Copenhagen Fire of 1795]], starting in a naval warehouse, destroys 941 houses. * [[June 8]] – [[Louis XVII]], [[Dauphin of France|Prince Royal]] and titular [[King of France]], dies in captivity in the [[Temple (Paris)]] and will be buried in an unmarked grave. The [[List of heirs to the French throne|heir to the French throne]], his uncle [[Louis XVIII]], succeeds him as titular king (he will become the actual king on April 6, [[1814]]). On June 28, the French republican government announces the death, due to [[mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis]] (many doubt the statement). * [[June 16]]–[[June 17|17]] – [[War of the First Coalition]]: [[Cornwallis's Retreat]] – A British [[Royal Navy]] battle squadron commanded by [[William Cornwallis]] fends off a numerically superior [[French Navy]] fleet, off the coast of [[Brittany]]. * [[June 24]] – The United States Senate ratifies the [[Jay Treaty]] with Great Britain. * [[June 27]] – [[War of the First Coalition]]: ** British forces land off [[Quiberon]] to aid the revolt in [[Brittany]]. ** French troops recapture [[St. Lucia]].
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