This Year in History:
1795
Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
On August 14, 1795, President George Washington signs the Jay (or “Jay’s”) Treaty with Great Britain. This treaty, known officially as the “Treaty of Amity Commerce and Navigation, between His…
On November 2, 1795, James Knox Polk is born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Polk grew up on his father’s plantation in Tennessee and attended the University of North Carolina,…
