1895

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s - 1890s - 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s

Years: 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 - 1895 - 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

See also:

Events

January 5 - Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island
February 14 - First showing of Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnest (St. James' Theatre in London).
April 6 - Oscar Wilde is arrested after losing a libel case against the John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry.
April 14 - a major earthquake severely damages Ljubljana, Slovenia
May 25 - Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "sodomy and gross indecency" and sentenced to serve two years in a London prison.
November 8 - Wilhelm Röntgen discovers a type of radiation later known as X-rays.
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky proposes a space elevator
Last major earthquake in the New Madrid Fault Zone

Art, Culture & Fashion

Births

January 1 - J. Edgar Hoover, FBI director
January 20 - George Burns, actor, comedian († 1996)
January 24 - Eugen Roth[?], lyricist and narrator (+ 1976)
February 2 - George Halas[?], American football player, coach, co-founder of the National Football League (+ 1983)
February 6 - Babe Ruth, Baseball Hall of Famer (+ 1948)
February 8 - King Vidor, director (+ 1982)
February 11 - Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky[?], composer.
February 14 - Max Horkheimer, philosopher and sociologist (+ 1973)
February 21 - Henrik Carl Peter Dam Danish biochemist, winner of the 1943 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (+ 1976)
March 3 - Matthew Ridgway[?], Supreme Allied Commander[?] of NATO, United States Army Chief of Staff[?]
March 17 - Shemp Howard[?], actor ("The Three Stooges") (+ 1955)
March 29 - Ernst Jünger[?], author (+ 1998)
March 30 - Nikolai Bulganin[?], Premier of the Soviet Union[?] (+ 1975)
April 1 - Alberta Hunter[?], singer (+ 1984)
April 9 - Mance Lipscomb, popular singer.
April 26 - Nathaniel Kleitman[?], sleep researcher (+ 1999)
May 6 - Rodolfo Valentino, Italian actor
May 8 - Fulton J. Sheen, bishop, television personality (+ 1979)
May 9 - Richard Bathelmess[?], actor (+ 1963)
July 12 - Buckminster Fuller, American architect.
September 11 - Vinoba Bhave
September 28 - Louis Pasteur, French chemist
October 4 - Buster Keaton, American actor and film director
November 16 - Paul Hindemith, German composer
December 14 - King George VI of the United Kingdom
Wilhelm Gustloff, Swiss Nazi party leader.

Deaths

February 20 - Frederick Douglass, ex-slave and author.
March 2 - Berthe Morisot, Impressionist Painter
May 19 - Jose Marti, Cuban independence leader
June 29 - Sir Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist
November 27 - Alexandre Dumas, fils, author, playwright

		1895
		Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century Decades: 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s - 1890s - 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s Years: 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 - 1895 - 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 See also: 1895 in film 1895 in literature 1895 in music 1895 in sports Events January 5 - Dreyfus Affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island February 14 - First showing of Oscar Wilde's last play The Importance of Being Earnest (St. James' Theatre in London). April 6 - Oscar Wilde is arrested after losing a libel case against the John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry. April 14 - a major earthquake severely damages Ljubljana, Slovenia May 25 - Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "sodomy and gross indecency" and sentenced to serve two years in a London prison. November 8 - Wilhelm Röntgen discovers a type of radiation later known as X-rays. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky proposes a space elevator Last major earthquake in the New Madrid Fault Zone Art, Culture & Fashion 1895 in film 1895 in literature 1895 in music 1895 in sports Births January 1 - J. Edgar Hoover, FBI director January 20 - George Burns, actor, comedian († 1996) January 24 - Eugen Roth[?], lyricist and narrator (+ 1976) February 2 - George Halas[?], American football player, coach, co-founder of the National Football League (+ 1983) February 6 - Babe Ruth, Baseball Hall of Famer (+ 1948) February 8 - King Vidor, director (+ 1982) February 11 - Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky[?], composer. February 14 - Max Horkheimer, philosopher and sociologist (+ 1973) February 21 - Henrik Carl Peter Dam Danish biochemist, winner of the 1943 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (+ 1976) March 3 - Matthew Ridgway[?], Supreme Allied Commander[?] of NATO, United States Army Chief of Staff[?] March 17 - Shemp Howard[?], actor ("The Three Stooges") (+ 1955) March 29 - Ernst Jünger[?], author (+ 1998) March 30 - Nikolai Bulganin[?], Premier of the Soviet Union[?] (+ 1975) April 1 - Alberta Hunter[?], singer (+ 1984) April 9 - Mance Lipscomb, popular singer. April 26 - Nathaniel Kleitman[?], sleep researcher (+ 1999) May 6 - Rodolfo Valentino, Italian actor May 8 - Fulton J. Sheen, bishop, television personality (+ 1979) May 9 - Richard Bathelmess[?], actor (+ 1963) July 12 - Buckminster Fuller, American architect. September 11 - Vinoba Bhave September 28 - Louis Pasteur, French chemist October 4 - Buster Keaton, American actor and film director November 16 - Paul Hindemith, German composer December 14 - King George VI of the United Kingdom Wilhelm Gustloff, Swiss Nazi party leader. Deaths February 20 - Frederick Douglass, ex-slave and author. March 2 - Berthe Morisot, Impressionist Painter May 19 - Jose Marti, Cuban independence leader June 29 - Sir Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist November 27 - Alexandre Dumas, fils, author, playwright
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