Timeline June 1795

Events in June 1795 4

• 1740 – 1795 William Smellie (1740-1795) Died 24 June 1795, aged 55 The Scottish printer and naturalist was the first editor of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, compiling and partly writing its original edition in Edinburgh. He also translated and wrote influential works on natural history. His editorial work helped establish the Britannica as a major reference work.
• 1785 – 1795 Louis XVII (1785-1795) Died 8 June 1795, aged 10 The uncrowned titular king of France, son of the executed Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, died in the Temple prison in Paris of tuberculosis and the effects of years of mistreatment. His death, amid rumors of escape and substitution that persisted for decades, left the royalist succession to his uncle. His case remained a subject of forensic investigation into the twentieth century.
• 1795 Expedition of Quiberon Royalist emigres land in France with British backing A force of royalist emigres, transported and equipped by Britain, landed on the Quiberon peninsula in Brittany to support counter-revolutionary rebels. Republican troops under General Lazare Hoche encircled and crushed the landing within weeks. Hundreds of captured emigres were subsequently executed, ending the scheme as a catastrophic failure for the royalist cause.
• 1795 Jay Treaty ratified United States and Britain settle outstanding disputes The United States Senate ratified the Jay Treaty, resolving disputes left over from the Revolutionary War and averting a renewed conflict with Britain. President Washington signed it in August despite fierce domestic opposition. The treaty secured British withdrawal from frontier forts but was criticized for failing to address impressment of American sailors.