Page 4: Historical Events In 1795

Oct 31   John Keats, London, England, romantic poet (Ode to a Grecian Urn)   

Nov 02   James Knox Polk, NC, 11th Pres (D) (1845-1849)   

Nov 06   Jiri Antonin Benda, composer, dies at 73   

Nov 09   Walter Geikie, Scottish painter   

Nov 19   Thomas Linley, composer, dies at 62   

Nov 20   Curacao govt forbids slave work on Sunday.   

Nov 24   Josif Josifovich Genishta, composer.   

Nov 26   Carl P Fohr, German painter.   

Nov 28   Adolf Bernhard Marx, composer.   

Nov 28   US pays $800000 and a frigate as tribute to Algiers and Tunis.   

Nov 28   US pays $800000 anda frigate as tribute to Algiers andTunis   

Dec 03   Rowland Hill, introduced 1st adhesive postage stamp (1840).   

Dec 04   Thomas Carlyle, Scotland, essayist/historian (French Revolution)   

Dec 08   Jacques Francois Gallay, composer   

Dec 19   1st state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky   

Dec 19   inaugural state appropriation of money for road building, Kentucky   

Dec 22   Thomas Ainsworth, English/Neth industrialist (Twentse textile).   

Dec 23   Philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer (Atlas Universel).   

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Jan 06   On this day in history birth of anselme Payen, French chemist (d. 1871)   

Jan 15   Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/man of letters was born in the year 1795.   

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (d. 1829)   

Jan 18   Anna Paulowna Romanova, monarch of Russia/daughter of czar Paul I was born in the year 1795.   

Feb 03   Antonio José de Sucre, South American independence leader (d. 1830) was born in the year 1795.   

Feb 05   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (d. 1871)   

Feb 08   Friedlieb F Runge, German chemist (Chinoline) was born in the year 1795.   

Feb 08   In the year 1795 birth of moritz G [Moses] Saphir, Hungarian journalist/serial writer   

Jan 03   Josiah Wedgwood, British, ceramic craftsman/woodworker, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Jan 13   In the year 1795 francois-Joseph Krafft, composer, dies at 73   

Jan 19   Maria Teresa Agnesi, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   In the year 1795 death of samuel Wallis, English navigator (b. 1728)   

Jan 26   On this day in history johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, dies at 62   

Feb 01   In the year 1795 giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66   

Mar 04   On this day in history death of john Collins, American politician (b. 1717)   

Mar 05   In the year 1795 josef Reicha, composer, dies at 42