1795

1795 was 76 years before the founding of the City of Birmingham and 24 years before Alabama became a state.

Individuals

Births

• Alexander Godwin
• Zachariah Hagood, settler and planter
• Peyton King (physician), first doctor to practice in Jones Valley

Context

In 1795, the French Revolution continued. The 11th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. The Kingdom of Hawaii was established.

Notable births in 1795 businessman and philanthropist Johns Hopkins; publisher James Gordon Bennett, Sr; poet John Keats; and President James K. Polk. Notable deaths included potter Josiah Wedgwood, frontiersman Robert Rogers, King Louis XVII of France, and British General Henry Clinton.

1790s

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