1895

Year 1895 () was a (link will display full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day-slower ).

January - March



 * - : officer  is stripped of his rank in  and sentenced to life imprisonment on.
 * - is founded in Britain by,  and.
 * - Mintonette, which would come to be known as, was invented.
 * - The lowest ever temperature of -27.2°C (measured as -17°F) was recorded at  in . This record was equalled in  and again in.
 * - The last Chinese ship capitulates to in the course of the.
 * - First showing of 's last play (St. James' Theatre in ).
 * - is appointed.
 * - In, have to pass a test and display s.
 * - Japanese troops capture and land in.
 * - Beginning of civil war in.

April - June

 * - is arrested after losing a  case against the.
 * - A major severely damages,.
 * - The town of, is incorporated.
 * - The (also known as Treaty of Maguan) was signed between  and . This marks the end of the first, and the defeated  is forced to renounce its claims on  and to concede the southern portion of the  , , and the  to.
 * - - 603 candidates signed a ten-thousand-word petition against the.


 * General elections in.
 * - - Thousands of Beijing scholars and citizens protested against.
 * - Anti-Japanese officials led by in  declared independence from, forming the short-lived.
 * - Playwright, poet, and novelist is convicted of " and gross indecency" and is sentenced to serve two years in a  in.
 * - The decides , ruling that the federal government had the right to regulate interstate commerce, legalizing the military suppression of the.


 * A in  starts 20 years of ultra-liberist government in.
 * - Union of, and  begins (ends in ).

July - September

 * - scores  record innings of 424 for Lancashire against Somerset at Taunton.


 * -   dies.
 * - murderer and outlaw,, is killed by an off-duty policeman in a  in.
 * - The sport of is formed at a meeting in the George Hotel,,.


 * - The first professional game is played, in, between the Latrobe  and the Jeannette Athletic Club. (Latrobe won the contest 12-0.).
 * delivers the Atlanta Compromise Speech.
 * delivers the Atlanta Compromise Speech.

October - December

 * October - publishes the story " Leaves the Jungle Forever" in  illustrated magazine (price 10 cents).
 * - French troops capture in.
 * - Train wreck at Station in.
 * - Most recent major occurs in the.


 * - is granted the first U.S.  for an.
 * - discovers a type of  later known as s.
 * - At the Swedish-Norwegian Club in, signs his , setting aside his estate to establish the  after his death.


 * 3,000 are burnt alive in  by the Ottoman troops.
 * - A corps of 2,500 Italian troops, mostly, are crushed by 30,000 Abyssian troops at
 * - and  display their first moving picture film in Paris.

Undated

 * is formed in,.
 * proposes a.
 * becomes the first woman awarded a doctorate at a German university.
 * becomes the first to receive a Ph.D. from.
 * , opens.
 * The first show was held at,.
 * The was held at,.
 * The gold reserve of the was saved when  and the  loaned $65 million worth of gold to the.
 * The construction is completed.
 * used horse-drawn streetcars.
 * were founded in,.
 * Several car companies sold cars, including Benz.
 * company opens.

January - June

 * -, American Federal Bureau of Investigation director (d. )
 * -, Finnish chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Spanish-French couturier (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, German writer (d. )
 * -, German-born Swiss Nazi party leader (d. )
 * -, American film director (d. )
 * -, American football player, coach, and co-founder of the National Football League (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, German philosopher and sociologist (d. )
 * -, Canadian athlete (d. )
 * -, Danish biochemist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, American basketball coach (d. )
 * , Norwegian economist, laureate (d. )
 * , Commander of NATO, United States Army Chief of Staff (d. )
 * , American actor and comedian (d. )
 * , Norwegian violinist, composer and teacher (d. )
 * , American comic book illustrator and animator (d. )
 * -, U.S. general (d. )
 * -, French race car driver and war hero (d. )
 * -, twelfth president of (d. )
 * -, German author (d. )
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, Italian composer (d. )
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, Italian writer a journalist (d. )
 * , New Zealand snooker and billiards player (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, English conductor (d. )
 * -, Italian actor (d. )
 * -, American Catholic archbishop and television personality (d. )
 * -, Canadian chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, U.S. Congressman (d. )
 * -, the U.S. state of Iowa's oldest person (d. )
 * , (d. )
 * , English cricketer (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Dutch sculptor, painter, and medallist(d. )
 * , English cricketer (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Dutch sculptor, painter, and medallist(d. )

July - December

 * -, Russian aircraft engineer (d. )
 * -, Russian physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, German composer (d. )
 * , Norwegian soprano (d. )
 * , American architect (d. )
 * -, Chinese painter (d. )
 * -, English writer (d. )
 * -, French singer and actress (d. )
 * -, American actress and comedian (d. )
 * -, Austrian actress (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * - Sir, British general (d. )
 * -, Indian religious leader (d. )
 * -, French-born physician, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, American parapsychologist (d. )
 * -, Italian writer (d. )
 * -, American actor and film director (d. )
 * -, American writer and critic (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * King (d. )
 * -, Indian religious leader (d. )
 * -, Turkish army officer, political leader and the 4th president of Turkey (d. )
 * -, Pre-Negro League Baseball Player, and oldest professional Baseball Player in . (d.2006)
 * -, American historian (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Finnish mathematician (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, German bacteriologist, recipient of the (declined) (d. )
 * -, American physician, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, military historian (d. )
 * -, German pianist (d. )
 * -, American airplane manufacturer (d. )
 * -, Polish poet and writer (d. )
 * -, German composer (d. )
 * -, Russian philosopher and literary scholar (d. )
 * , German pianist (d. )
 * , American writer (d. )
 * -, American film director and choreographer (d. )
 * -, English pianist (d. )
 * , French poet (d. )
 * King (d. )
 * date unknown -, children's author (d. )
 * , French poet (d. )
 * King (d. )
 * date unknown -, children's author (d. )


 * See also .

January - June

 * -, American watchmaker (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, British statesman (b. )
 * -, Austrian general (b. )
 * -, American ex-slave and author (b. )
 * -, politician (b. )
 * -, Prince of Mexico (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * -, English-born couturier (b. )
 * -, Russian politician (b.)
 * -, Cuban independence leader (b. )
 * -, Austrian composer (b. )
 * -, Ottoman statesman (b. )
 * -, Swedish explorer (b. )
 * , English biologist (b. )
 * , American politician (b. ).
 * , American politician (b. ).

July - December

 * -, Quebec journalist and politician (b. )
 * -, German socialist philosopher (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, French microbiologist and chemist (b. )
 * - (Queen Min), last Korean empress (b. )
 * -, German-born pianist and conductor (b. )
 * - of Japan (b. )
 * -, marine painter (b. )
 * -, French author and playwright (b. )
 * -, Hungarian physicist, the inventor of the


 * See also .