* 1895 – Dudley Nichols, American screenwriter ( d. 1960 )

* 1895 – Philippe Panneton, French Canadian physician, diplomat, and writer ( d. 1960 )

* 1803 – Edward Beecher, American theologian ( d. 1895 )

* 1895 – Andreas Alföldi, Hungarian historian and archaeologist ( d. 1981 )

* 1895 – Ernesto Lecuona, Cuban pianist and composer ( d. 1963 )

The Paris – Bordeaux – Paris race of June 1895 has sometimes been erroneously described as the " first motor race ", despite the 1894 event being decided by speed and finishing order of the eligible racers.

* 1895 – István Barta, Hungarian water polo player ( d. 1948 )

* 1895 – Bert Lahr, American actor ( d. 1967 )

* 1828 – Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, Spanish general ( d. 1895 )

* 1895 – Matt Henderson, New Zealand cricketer ( d. 1970 )

* 1817 – Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, Austrian general ( d. 1895 )

* 1895 – Neva Morris, American super-centenarian ( d. 2010 )

* 1895 – Marguerite Nichols, American actress ( d. 1941 )

* 1973 – Richard Marshall, American general ( b. 1895 )

The second generation was led by Fernand Braudel ( 1902 – 1985 ) and included Georges Duby ( 1919 – 1996 ), Pierre Goubert ( 1915 – 2012 ), Robert Mandrou ( 1921 – 1984 ), Pierre Chaunu ( 1923 – 2009 ), Jacques Le Goff ( 1924 – ) and Ernest Labrousse ( 1895 – 1988 ).

* 1895 – Robert Dean Frisbie, American writer ( d. 1948 )

* 1895 – Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer ( d. 1973 )

* 1895 – Trial of the libel case instigated by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.

* 1895 – Oscar Hammerstein II, American songwriter, director, and producer ( d. 1960 )

* 1895 – Playwright, poet, and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of " committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons " and sentenced to serve two years in prison.

Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960 ) was an American librettist, theatrical producer, and ( usually uncredited ) theatre director of musicals for almost forty years.

** Oscar Hammerstein II, writer and lyricist ( b. 1895 )

À rebours gained notoriety as an exhibit in the trials of Oscar Wilde in 1895.

In March 1895, angered by the apparent ongoing homosexual relationship between author Oscar Wilde and his son Alfred, Queensberry publicly called Wilde a " posing somdomite " ( sic ).

Theda Arnold, present ( 1979 ) Post Master has copies of the National Archives Records showing later post masters to include, S. J. Robb, 1889 ; Dement Brown, 1891 ; Martha A. LaGrange, 1892 ; Benjamin F. Yoder, 1893 ; Jerome S. Rice, 1895 ; Wiliam H. Beck, 1899 ; Oscar Yoder, 1901 ; Martha A. LaGrange, 1903 ; Martha A. Miskimins, 1904 ; William R. Kirlin, 1928 ; Verna Bess Coen, 1954 ( acting ); Dale E. Howery, 1956 ; Theda Arnold, 1972, up to present day.

On February 15, 1895 Oscar Wilde, Lord Alfred Douglas and Ross approached solicitor Charles Octavius Humphreys with the intention of suing the Marquess of Queensberry, Douglas ' father, for criminal libel.

* Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest ( 1895 )

The prevailing public attitude was that homosexuality was a moral failing that should be punished, as exemplified by Oscar Wilde ’ s 1895 trial and imprisonment for " gross indecency ".

Wilde's grandson, Merlin Holland, wrote, " It was his decision fifty years ago to publish the first edition of Oscar Wilde's letters which helped to put my grandfather back into the position which he lost in 1895 as one of the most charismatic and fascinating figures in English literary history.

Richard Rodgers ( 1902 – 1979 ) and Oscar Hammerstein II ( 1895 – 1960 ) were an influential, innovative and successful American musical theatre writing team, usually referred to as Rodgers and Hammerstein.

* Oscar A. Janes ( 1868 ), American Civil War veteran, lost left arm in battle, elected to Michigan Senate in 1895

The drama concerned Beardsley's life from the time of Oscar Wilde ’ s arrest in April 1895, which resulted in Beardsley losing his position at The Yellow Book, to his death from tuberculosis in 1898.

* Salomé, play by Oscar Wilde, French ( 1894 ), translated into English by Lord Alfred Douglas, 1895.

* Oscar Hammerstein II ( 1895 – 1960 ) Composer

Their relationship endured and they remained partners for the rest of their lives, a fact made all the more extraordinary by the hysteria about homosexuality generated by the Oscar Wilde trial of 1895 and the Criminal Law Amendment Bill passed a decade earlier " outlawing all forms of male homosexual contact ".

In Oscar Wilde's 1895 play < i > The Importance of Being Earnest </ i >, Dr. Chasuble is a reverend who, in the 2002 film adaptation, is seen wearing his namesake robe.

* Oscar Hammerstein II ( 1895 – 1960 ), Broadway lyricist, songwriting partner of Jerome Kern and Richard Rodgers

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In the first act of Oscar Wilde's The Importance Of Being Earnest ( 1895 ), cucumber sandwiches that have expressly been ordered and prepared for Lady Bracknell's expected visit are all voraciously eaten beforehand by her nephew and host, Algernon Moncrieff ; consequently he is forced to tell a little lie, with his butler's connivance: namely that " there were no cucumbers in the market this morning ... not even for ready money ".

Richard Walther Darré ( born Ricardo Walther Oscar Darré, 14 July 1895 – 5 September 1953 ) was an SS-Obergruppenführer and one of the leading Nazi " blood and soil " ( German: Blut und Boden ) ideologists.

* 1895 – Dorothy Wilde, English socialite ( d. 1941 )

At his 1895 trials Wilde testified that some of these changes were because of letters sent to him by Walter Pater.

When Wilde was publicly acknowledged to be a homosexual in 1895, Whistler openly mocked him.

Following Wilde's disgrace and imprisonment in 1895, Ross went abroad for safety's sake, but he returned to offer both financial and emotional support to Wilde during his last years.

* Dorothy Wilde ( 1895 – 1941 ), Anglo-Irish socialite

Soon after Wilde was arrested in April 1895 Beardsley was dismissed as the periodical's art editor, his post taken over by the publisher, John Lane, assisted by another artist, Patten Wilson.

In 1895, he produced the New York premiere of The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde.

Among his collectors was Oscar Wilde who, after going to prison in 1895, wrote of his bankruptcy in a letter to Lord Alfred Douglas, " De Profundis ": " That all my charming things were to be sold: my Burne-Jones drawings: my Whistler drawings: my Monticelli: my Simeon Solomons: my china: my Library ..."

The tradition of elaborate, artificial plotting and epigrammatic dialogue was carried on by the Irish playwright Oscar Wilde in Lady Windermere's Fan ( 1892 ) and The Importance of Being Earnest ( 1895 ).

An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour.

Wilde had been incarcerated in Reading, after being convicted of homosexual offences in 1895 and sentenced to two years ' hard labour in prison.

He was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1895, and narrowly missed being appointed Poet Laureate, possibly because of his association with Oscar Wilde.

Oscar Wilde was in prison for " gross indecency " from 1895 to 1897.