1st » Belgium is History of Belgium French control known as conquered by France.
4th » Napoleon or Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence with a "Whiff of Grapeshot", using cannon to suppress armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the French Legislature (National Convention).
24th » Partitions of Poland: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is completely divided among Austria, Prussia, and Russia.
26th » The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created.
27th » The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid (1795) e.g Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonization of the Americas known as Spanish colonies and the U.S.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1795
5th » Alexander Keith (Canadian politician) known as Alexander Keith, Scottish-Canadian brewer and politician, 13th Mayor of Halifax (d. 1873)
16th » William Buell Sprague, American clergyman and author (d. 1876)
26th » Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (d. 1872)