January 1 – The
Stibo Group is founded by Niels Lund as a printing company in
Aarhus (Denmark).
January 13 – The
U.S. Congress enacts a law providing for, effective May 1, 1795, a United States flag of 15 stars and 15 stripes, in recognition of the recent admission of
Vermont and
Kentucky as the 14th and 15th states.[1] A subsequent act restores the number of stripes to 13, but provides for additional stars upon the admission of each additional state.
March 22 – Congress prohibits American ships from supplying slaves to any nation other than the United States, setting a penalty of forfeiture of the ship and a $2,000 fine.[2]
The United States Government authorizes the building of the first six
United States Navy vessels; in
1797 the first three frigates,
United States,
Constellation and
Constitution will go into service (not to be confused with October 13, 1775, which is observed as the Navy's Birthday).[5]
The U.S. Senate passes a rule ending its policy of closing all of its sessions to the public.[2]
May 21 – the
French Revolutionary Government decides that the
Terror would be centralised, with almost all the
tribunals in the provinces closed and all the trials held in Paris.[6]
May 28–
June 1 – The
Glorious First of June (Battle of Ushant): The British win a crushing tactical victory over the French fleet, but the merchant convoy escorted by the French fleet arrives safely in France.
October 4 – In the first and only instance of an incumbent United States president leading men into battle,
George Washington arrives at
Carlisle, Pennsylvania to guide the U.S. Army's suppression of the
Whiskey Rebellion.[13] The rebels soon disperse and the insurrection collapses by the end of the month.
November 19 – The United States and Great Britain sign the
Jay Treaty (coming into effect in 1796), which attempts to clear up some issues left over from the
American Revolutionary War[15] and secures a decade of peaceful trade between the two nations.[2] Britain agrees to evacuate border forts in the
Northwest Territory (roughly the area north of the
Ohio River and east of the
Mississippi) and thereby end British support for the Indians.
^"Flag of the United States". The Port Folio (July, 1818) p. 18.
^
abcdefLossing, Benson John; Wilson, Woodrow, eds. (1910). Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1909. Harper & Brothers. p. 170.
^Dwyer, Philip (2015). "Napoleon, the Revolution and the Empire". The Oxford Handbook of the French Revolution, p. 157. Oxford University Press.
ISBN978-0-19-963974-8.
^Hogeland, William (2015). The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty. Simon and Schuster. p. 213.
January 1 – The
Stibo Group is founded by Niels Lund as a printing company in
Aarhus (Denmark).
January 13 – The
U.S. Congress enacts a law providing for, effective May 1, 1795, a United States flag of 15 stars and 15 stripes, in recognition of the recent admission of
Vermont and
Kentucky as the 14th and 15th states.[1] A subsequent act restores the number of stripes to 13, but provides for additional stars upon the admission of each additional state.
March 22 – Congress prohibits American ships from supplying slaves to any nation other than the United States, setting a penalty of forfeiture of the ship and a $2,000 fine.[2]
The United States Government authorizes the building of the first six
United States Navy vessels; in
1797 the first three frigates,
United States,
Constellation and
Constitution will go into service (not to be confused with October 13, 1775, which is observed as the Navy's Birthday).[5]
The U.S. Senate passes a rule ending its policy of closing all of its sessions to the public.[2]
May 21 – the
French Revolutionary Government decides that the
Terror would be centralised, with almost all the
tribunals in the provinces closed and all the trials held in Paris.[6]
May 28–
June 1 – The
Glorious First of June (Battle of Ushant): The British win a crushing tactical victory over the French fleet, but the merchant convoy escorted by the French fleet arrives safely in France.
October 4 – In the first and only instance of an incumbent United States president leading men into battle,
George Washington arrives at
Carlisle, Pennsylvania to guide the U.S. Army's suppression of the
Whiskey Rebellion.[13] The rebels soon disperse and the insurrection collapses by the end of the month.
November 19 – The United States and Great Britain sign the
Jay Treaty (coming into effect in 1796), which attempts to clear up some issues left over from the
American Revolutionary War[15] and secures a decade of peaceful trade between the two nations.[2] Britain agrees to evacuate border forts in the
Northwest Territory (roughly the area north of the
Ohio River and east of the
Mississippi) and thereby end British support for the Indians.
^"Flag of the United States". The Port Folio (July, 1818) p. 18.
^
abcdefLossing, Benson John; Wilson, Woodrow, eds. (1910). Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1909. Harper & Brothers. p. 170.
^Dwyer, Philip (2015). "Napoleon, the Revolution and the Empire". The Oxford Handbook of the French Revolution, p. 157. Oxford University Press.
ISBN978-0-19-963974-8.
^Hogeland, William (2015). The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty. Simon and Schuster. p. 213.