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| Colonel Wellesley, Arthur |  |
| 3rd May Appointed Colonel |
| Commander 33rd Reg of Foot Wellesley, Arthur | |
| June Appointed Commander of the 33rd Regiment of Foot, India |
| Commander West Indies Cornwallis, William | |
| Appointed Commander of the West Indies |
| Discovery of Smallpox Vaccine Jenner, Edward | |
| 14th May Discovers an inoculation for smallpox derived from cowpox |
| Election Canning, George | |
| Wendover Elected Member of Parliament for Wendover in Buckinghamshire |
| President Pitt the Younger, William | |
| London Appointed President of the Council |
| Publication of Darwin Darwin, Erasmus | |
| Publication of, "Zoomania", anticipates the evolutionary work of Jean Lamarck |
| Publication of Paine Paine, Thomas | |
| Publication of, "Age of Reason" |
| Slavery Wilberforce, William | |
| War with France prevents abolition as the public mood is concentrated on the national crisis and the threat of invasion, although Wilberforce continues forwards defeated motions in February 1795, February 1796 and May 1797 |
