WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO NOVEMBER 1795
Find out what all happened August to November 1795

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). (4. October 1795)

Belgium is conquered by France. (1. October 1795)

War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee (present-day Sri Lanka) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands. (31. August 1795)

Treaty of Greenville is signed. (3. August 1795)

The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S. (27. October 1795)

Partitions of Poland: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is completely divided among Austria, Prussia, and Russia. (24. October 1795)

The first occupation by United Kingdom of Cape Colony, South Africa with the Battle of Hout Bay, after successive victories at the Battle of Muizenberg and Wynberg, after William V requested protection against revolutionary France's occupation of the Netherlands. (16. September 1795)

Partitions of Poland: Stanislaus August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia. (25. November 1795)

The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created. (26. October 1795)