What day of the week was August 31, 1795?

The day of the week August 31st, 1795 fell on was a Monday.

François- André Danican Philidor the French-English chess player (b. 1726) died on this day in 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.