Events in year of 1895
- 01-01Norway adopts Mid-European time
- 01-05French Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent
- 01-05Victor Trumper makes first-class debut for NSW 17 yrs 64 days
- 01-15Albert Trott takes 8-43 on Test debut, then a record
- 01-15French fleet reaches Majunga, Madagascar
- 01-17French President Casimir-Perier resigns
- 01-22National Association of Manufacturers organized in Cincinnati
- 01-30C J Eady (Tas) 1st Australian to score twin centuries (vs. Victoria)
- 01-30SS Elbe sinks after collision in North Sea, 332 killed
- 01-30Tasmania beat Victoria for 1st F-C victory in 41 years
- 02-03Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 seconds)
- 02-041st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago
- 02-091st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3)
- 02-09Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts
- 02-11Georgetown became part of Washington DC
- 02-13Moving picture projector patented
- 02-1523 cm (9") of snow falls on New Orleans
- 02-20Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver, Colorodo
- 02-21NC Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass
- 02-23Jaap Eden skates world record 10km (17:56)
- 02-23William Heard, AME Minister and educator, named Minister to Liberia
- 02-24Cuban war for independence begins
- 02-26Michael Owens of Toledo, Ohio patents a glass-blowing machine
- 03-11Spanish cruiser Reina Regenta sinks at Gibraltar, 400 killed
- 03-13Spanish cruiser Reina Regente sinks off Gibraltar, 402 die
- 03-18200 blacks leave Savannah, Georgia for Liberia
- 03-19Los Angeles Railway established to provide streetcar service
- 03-22Auguste and Louis Lumiere show their 1st movie to an invited audience
- 03-25Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
- 03-30British inventor Birt Acres films Oxford-Cambridge
People born in year of 1895
- 01-01Nathaniel Shilkret: NYC, New York -- Conductor
- 01-02Count Folke Bernadotte: Sweden -- Statesman (Red Cross, UN)
- 01-03Mihail Andricu: Composer
- 01-04Lourens G M Baas Becking: Dutch Botanist / resistance fighter
- 01-05Jeannette Piccard: Balloonist / Episcopal priest
- 01-07Marie-Dominique Chenu: French Roman Catholic theologist
- 01-13Anton Betzner: Writer
- 01-13Fortunio Bonanova: Palma de Mallorca, Spain -- Opera singer
- 01-20Eva A Jessye: US singer / actress / songwriter (Hallelujah)
- 01-24Albin Zollinger: Switzerland -- Poet / author (Der Halbe Mensch)
- 01-24Eugen Roth: Writer
- 01-27Claudio Carneyro: Composer
- 01-27Joseph Rosenstock: Cracow, Poland -- Conductor (Nippon Phil Orchestra 1936-41)
- 02-01John Ford: Maine, United States -- Director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man)
- 02-02George S Halas [Papa Bear]: End / coach (Bears), co-founder NFL
- 02-03Nick Kenny: Astoria NYC, New York -- Columnist / songwriter (Nick Kenny Show)
- 02-04Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor: Dutch historian (Erflaters)
- 02-04Hanns [Johann] Rauter: German SS Lieutenant General / SS police chief in Netherlands
- 02-06George Herman [Babe] Ruth: Baltimore, Maryland -- Baseball great (Yankees)
- 02-08King Vidor: Director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas)
- 02-11Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky: Composer
- 02-13Fred Essler: Austria -- Actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk)
- 02-14Max Horkheimer: German philosopher / sociologist (Studies in prejudice)
- 02-14Nigel Bruce: Baja, Mexico -- Actor (Son of Lassie, Spider Woman)
- 02-17Anita Stewart: New York, United States -- Actress (South of Hell Mountain)
- 02-17Edna Park Edwards: Pennsylvania, United States
- 02-18George "The Gipper" Gipp: Football star (Notre Dame)
- 02-18Semjon Timoshenko: Russ marshal / inspector-General (WWII)
- 02-19Louis Calhern: NYC, New York -- Actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle)
- 02-20Freida Geiken: Autobiographer (National Historic Taping)
People died in year of 1895
- 01-10Benjamin Louis Paul Godard: Composer, dies at 45
- 01-22Edward Solomon: Composer, dies at 39
- 01-26Arthur Cayley: Mathematician
- 01-28Francois Certain de Canrobert: French marshal, dies at 85
- 02-04Faustina Hasse Hodges: Composer, dies at 71
- 02-18Albrecht FR: Archduke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77
- 02-20Frederick Douglass: Escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77
- 02-24Ignaz Lachner: Composer, dies at 87
- 03-02Berthe MP Morisot: French Painter / aquarelliste, dies at 54
- 03-02Ismail Pasha: Kedive of Egypt (1863-79), dies at 64
- 03-05Nikolai Leskow: Writer, dies at 64
- 03-09Leopold von Sacher-Masoch: Austrian writer (Masochism), dies at 59
- 04-19George Scharf: Critic
- 04-19Victor J van Hinsbergh: South Netherlands engraver (PTT-stempels), dies at 70
- 04-23Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig: Physiologist
- 04-30Gustav Freytag: Writer, dies at 78
- 05-11Feliks Jaronski: Composer, dies at 71
- 05-19Jose J Marti y Perez: Spanish / Cuban Poet (Versos sencillos)
- 05-21Franz von Suppe: Austrian Composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76
- 05-23Franz E Neumann: German mineralogist / physicist, dies at 96
- 05-24Joseph Quinaux: Belgian painter, dies at 73
- 05-25Ahmed Djevdet Pasja: Turkish Minister of Justice, dies at 73
- 06-15Richard Genee: Composer, dies at 72
- 06-23Joseph Paul Skelly: Composer, dies at 44
- 07-02William Rockstro: Composer, dies at 72
- 07-14Alexander Ewing: Composer, dies at 65
- 07-19Charles T Stork: Great industrialist (cotton mach factory), dies at 73
- 07-19Ernest H Baillon: French Botanist (History of Plants), dies at 67
- 07-28Joannes Kappeyne van Coppello: Internal Minister (1877-89), dies at 72
- 08-05Friedrich English: German textile manufacturer / marxist
Events in year of 1896
- 01-02Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr Jamesons troops)
- 01-03Emperor Wilhelm congratulates President Kruger on the Jameson Raid
- 01-04Following Mormon abandonment of polygamy, Utah admitted as 45th state
- 01-06Cecil Rhodes resigns as Premier of Cape colony
- 01-07Fanny Farmer publishes her 1st cookbook
- 01-121st X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC)
- 01-181st demonstration of an X-ray machine in US (NYC)
- 01-18British troops occupy Kumasi, West Africa
- 01-27Tasmania bowl out Victoria for 65 for their 1st ever innings victory
- 01-29Emile Grubbe is 1st dr to use radiation treatment for breast cancer
- 02-08Western Conference forms of Midwestern University, later renamed Big 10 Conf
- 02-14George Lohmann takes a hat-trick vs. South Africa, 8-7 for inning
- 02-14South Africa all out for 30 vs. England - their lowest ever
- 02-14Stanley Cup: Winnipeg Victorias beat Montreal Victorias, 2-0
- 02-14Theodor Herzl publishes "Der Judenstaat"
- 02-18Cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for 1st time in 50 yrs
- 02-23Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield
- 02-24Victoria all out for 43 vs. South Australia, Jones 6-15 Jarvis 4-27
- 02-25Italian government decides to attack Governor Baratieri of Eritrea
- 02-28France dismisses Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar
- 03-01Battle of Adua: 80,000 Ethiopians destroy 20,000 Italians
- 03-02Battle of Aduwa, Abyssinia (Ethiopia) defeats invading Italians
- 03-02George Lohmann takes 9-28 vs. South Africa at Johannesburg
- 03-05Italian Premier Crispi resigns
- 03-05Italians Governor of Eritrea, General Baldissera, reaches Massawa
- 03-061st auto in Detroit, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage"
- 03-08Volunteers of America forms (NYC)
- 03-10After Bob Fitzsimmons KOs much larger Jim Corbett to win world HW championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall"
- 03-121st movie in the Netherlands (Kalverstr 220)
- 03-14Sutro Baths (San Francisco) opens by Cliff House (closed September 1, 1952)
People born in year of 1896
- 01-01Maurice Jacobson: Composer
- 01-01Teinosuke Kinugasa: Japans actor / director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon)
- 01-01Yitzhak Edel: Composer
- 01-02Dziga Vertiv [Denis A Kaufman]: Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!)
- 01-02Ernst-Lothar von Knorr: Composer
- 01-04Everett McKinley Dirkson: (Sen-R-Illinois)
- 01-05Hendrik Algra: Dutch MP (ARP)
- 01-06Freerk Siemon Wolters: Notary / resistance fighter
- 01-07Arnold Ridley: Bath, England -- Actor / dramatist (The Ghost Train)
- 01-08Manuel Rojas Sepulveda: Chile -- Writer (Men of the South)
- 01-11Eva Le Gallienne: London, England -- Actress / director (Resurrection)
- 01-11Paddy Driscoll: NFL QB / coach (Chicago Cardinals, Bears)
- 01-14John dos Passos: Novelist (1919, Big Money, 42nd Parallel)
- 01-15Jacobo Ficher: Composer
- 01-17Harry Reser: Ohio, United States -- Orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show)
- 01-18Hans H Holm: Norwegian poet (Jonsoknatt)
- 01-20Elmer R Diktonius: Finnish musicologist / author (Janne Kubik)
- 01-23Charlotte A E M W: Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1919-64)
- 01-25John Moores: British gambling magnate / multi-millionaire
- 02-01Anastasio "Tacho" Somoza: General / President of Nicaragua (1937-56)
- 02-02Jane Wilde: Writer
- 02-03Johannes Urzidil: Writer
- 02-04Friedrich Glauser: Writer
- 02-07Harold Hoffman: South Amboy, New Jersey -- (Gov-New Jersey)
- 02-08Orville Caldwell: California, United States -- Actor (Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning)
- 02-10Olin Howlin: Denver, Colorado -- Actor (Swifty-Circus Boy)
- 02-15Arthur Shields: Dublin, Ireland -- Actor (River, Enchanted Island)
- 02-16Alexander Brailowsky: Russia -- Pianist (Chopin)
- 02-20Henri de Lubac sj: French theologist / anti-fascist
- 02-21Sylvain Poons: Dutch cabaret performer (Blue Jackets)
People died in year of 1896
- 01-15Matthew B Brady: US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72
- 01-20Heinrich M von Battenberg: German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37
- 01-25Frans C Baeckelmans: Flemish Architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68
- 01-25Frederic Leighton: President of the Royal Academy (1878-96)
- 01-28Joseph Barnby: Composer, dies at 57
- 02-04Henry David Leslie: Composer, dies at 73
- 02-06Abraham Czn van Stolk: Dutch art collector, dies at 82
- 02-12Charles Louis Ambrose Thomas: French Composer (Mignon), dies at 84
- 02-12Isaac Murphy: Jockey, 628 wins on 1, 412 mounts (44.5%), dies at 35
- 02-13Karl Reinthaler: Composer, dies at 73
- 02-15E J Nicholson: Writer
- 03-01Albertone: Italian General (Eritrea), dies in battle
- 03-01Arimondi: Italian General (Eritrea), dies in battle
- 03-26Nanny v Hof: Writer
- 03-28E Rundle Charles: Writer
- 04-05John Rogers Thomas: Composer, dies at 66
- 04-12Alexander Ritter: Composer, dies at 62
- 04-28Heinrich von Treitschke: German historian
- 04-30Antonio Cagnoni: Composer, dies at 68
- 05-01Nasr-ed-Din: Shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65
- 05-12Juan Morel Campos: Composer, dies at 38
- 05-13Nora Perry: Writer
- 05-20Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann: Composer / pianist, dies at 76
- 05-27Allard Pierson: Theologist / philosopher / art Historian / poet
- 06-02Gerhard Rohlfs: German explorer (Abbsynia / Ethiopia)
- 06-11Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke: Composer, dies at 72
- 06-25Emile AH Seipgens: Dutch priest / beer brewer / man of letters, dies at 58
- 07-06Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin: Composer, dies at 54
- 07-11Ernst Curtius: German archaeologist / Historian (Olympia), dies at 81
- 07-16Edmond-Louis-Antoine Huot de Goncourt: Novelist, dies at 74
Events in year of 1897
- 01-011st football game between black colleges - Atlanta University 10, Tuskegee 0
- 01-01Brooklyn merges with New York to form present City of New York
- 01-08Michael Eagan wins 1st US national amateur handball championship
- 01-11M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in US (Utah)
- 01-23Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Abbey Grange" (BG)
- 01-27British troops occupy Bida Gold Coast (Ghana)
- 02-05Marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel
- 02-11White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, New York City
- 02-17National Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association)
- 03-04William McKinley inaugurated as 25th President of US
- 03-05American Negro Academy forms
- 03-09Cleveland Spiders sign Louis Sockalexis, full-blooded Penobscot
- 03-09Indian, fans start calling the team Indians (in 1915 becomes official)
- 03-151st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden
- 03-17Bob Fitzsimmons KOs James J Corbett in 14 for heavyweight boxing title
- 03-19Yale defeated Penn, 30-10 in 1st major college basketball game
- 03-201st known intercollegiate basketball game, Yale beats Penn 32-10
- 03-201st US orthodox Jewish Rabbinical seminary (RIETS) incorporates in New York
- 03-20France signs treaty with Emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia
- 03-29Japan adopts Gold Standard
- 04-191st American marathon ran, John J McDermott wins in 2:55:10 (Boston)
- 04-191st Boston Marathon won by John McDermott of New York in 2:55:10
- 04-22New York City Jewish newspaper "Forward" begins publishing (still active)
- 04-241st reporter, William Price (Washington Star), assigned to White House
- 05-04Fire in Paris bazaar at Rue Jean Goujon kills 200
- 05-11Washingston Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers
- 05-121800-1900 year old fossil of "girl of Yde" found in Drente Neth
- 05-14Great-Britain signs treaty with Emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia
- 05-18Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin)
- 05-18New York Giant William Joyce sets record of 4 triples in 1 game
People born in year of 1897
- 01-01Walter Greaza: St. Paul, Minnesota -- Actor (Martin Kane Private Eye)
- 01-03Marion Davies [Marion Cecelia Douras]: Brooklyn, New York -- Actress (Operator 13)
- 01-03Pola Negri [Barbara A Chalupec]: Polish / US actress (Madame Bovary)
- 01-05Jack Wagner: Ohio, United States -- Actor (Jive Junction)
- 01-05Theo Mackeben: German pianist / composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami)
- 01-09Luis Gianneo: Composer
- 01-10Albert Moeschinger: Composer
- 01-12Hendrik J Valk: Painter / cartoonist / graphic artist
- 01-19Natacha Rambova: Salt Lake City, Utah -- Costume designer
- 01-20Mae Busch: Australian / US actress (Cowboy Socialist)
- 01-21J Carrol Naish: NYC, New York -- Actor (Charlie Chan-Adventures of Charlie Chan)
- 01-22Josef Stanislav: Composer
- 01-22Rosa Ponselle: Opera diva (Casta Diva, La Forza del Destino)
- 01-23Amanda Berry Smith: Famous African
- 01-23Subhas Chandra Bose: Indian politician
- 01-28Valentin Katayev: Odessa, Ukraine -- Novelist / playwright (Embezzled)
- 02-01Denise Robins: London, England -- Romantic Novelist (1st Long Kiss)
- 02-04Ludwig Erhard: Chancellor of Germany (CDU)
- 02-05Dirk U Stikker: Director (Heineken) / Dutch Foreign Minister / NATO
- 02-06Alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti: Brazil -- Director (Nicholas Nickleby)
- 02-07Quincy Porter: New Haven, Connecticut -- Composer
- 02-09Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith: Pioneer Australian aviator
- 02-10John Franklin Enders: Connecticut, United States -- Microbiologist (polio-Nobel 1954)
- 02-11Yves de La Casiniere: Composer
- 02-14Jorgen Bentzon: Composer
- 02-15Earl H Blaik: Det, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1965)
- 02-17Johan[nes A] Kaart: Dutch actor / stage manager (My Fair Lady)
- 02-20Ivan Albright: Illinois, United States -- Painter (Door, Window)
- 02-27Bernard F Lyot: French astronomer (Lyot filter)
- 02-27G Paul H Schuitema: Graphic designer / photographer (System-O-Color)
People died in year of 1897
- 02-05Hoss Radbourn: Pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42
- 02-06Ebenezer C Brewer: British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable)
- 02-07Galileo Ferraris: Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49
- 02-19Karl T Weierstrass: German mathematician, dies at 81
- 02-23Woldemar Bargiel: Composer, dies at 68
- 03-10Teodulo Mabellini: Composer, dies at 79
- 03-11Berthold Tours: Composer, dies at 58
- 03-11Henry Drummond: Scottish geologist / evangelist, dies at 45
- 04-03Johannes Brahms: German Composer / conductor (Hung Dances), dies at 63
- 04-08George Garrett: Composer, dies at 62
- 04-08Heinrich von Stephan: UK politician
- 04-23Clement Harris: Composer, dies at 25
- 05-02William Cleaver Francis Robinson: Composer, dies at 63
- 05-10William Thomas Best: Composer, dies at 70
- 05-12Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown: Finnish playwright, dies at 53
- 05-12Willem Roelofs: Painter / lithographer
- 05-21Karol Mikuli: Composer, dies at 77
- 05-23Aleko Konstantinov: Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back), dies at 34
- 06-09Alvin Graham Clark: Dies 3 weeks after 1st use of Yerkes 40" lens
- 06-22Ralph Abercromby: British meteorologist, dies at about 54
- 07-12Felix Godefroid: Composer, dies at 78
- 07-16Levin Goldschmidt: German business law expert
- 07-29Joost G Kist: Lawyer / President of High Council (1885-97), dies at 74
- 08-08Jacob Burckhardt: Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79
- 08-13Antonius von der Linde: Neth / German librarian, dies at 63
- 09-20Karel Bendl: Composer, dies at 59
- 10-08Martin Pluddemann: Composer, dies at 43
- 10-09John Heemskerk Azn: Dutch Internal Minister (1866..88), dies at 79
- 10-17Isidor Dannstrom: Composer, dies at 84
- 10-21Paul Kuczynski: Composer, dies at 50