* 1895 – Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.

* 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 )

In Taiwan, pro-Qing officials and elements of the local gentry declared a Republic of Formosa in 1895, but failed to win international recognition.

On the other hand, though the constitution of the Republic of China promulgated in 1946 does not state exactly what territory it includes, the draft of the constitution of 1925 did individually list the provinces of the Republic of China and Taiwan was not among them, since Taiwan was arguably de jure part of Japan as the result of the Treaty of Shimonoseki of 1895.

* Republic of Formosa, a short-lived republic in 1895 on the island of Formosa ( now known as Taiwan )

* The 1895 Japanese invasion of Taiwan ( 1895 ) of the ex-Qing, Chinese inhabited Republic of Formosa

The Jameson Raid ( 29 December 1895 – 2 January 1896 ) was a botched raid on Paul Kruger's Transvaal Republic carried out by a British colonial statesman Leander Starr Jameson and his Rhodesian and Bechuanaland policemen over the New Year weekend of 1895 – 96.

George Junior Republic, a youth center was established in 1895.

*** Liu Yongfu 劉永福 / 刘永福 ( 1837-1917 ; Bobai, Guangxi ; Hakka pronunciation: Liew Yun Fook ), Commander, Black Flag Army ; President, Republic of Formosa, 1895

By the Treaty of Shimonoseki ( 1895 ), China was forced to recognise effective Japanese rule over Korea, and Taiwan was ceded to Japan until its recovery in 1945 at the end of the WWII by the Republic of China.

The campaign began in late May 1895 with a Japanese landing at Keelung, on the northern coast of Taiwan, and ended in October 1895 with the Japanese capture of Tainan, the capital of the self-styled ' Republic of Formosa '.

In 1895 the Volksraad passed a resolution, in which they declared their readiness to entertain a proposition from the South African Republic in favour of some form of federal union.

The " Blue Sky with a White Sun | Blue Sky with a White Sun flag " was designed by Lu Hao-tung in 1895 and is used to this day as the Republic of China Navy | naval jack of the Republic as well as the flag of the Kuomintang ( KMT ).

The Japanese suspected that they might meet resistance when they attempted to occupy Taiwan, and their invasion of Taiwan, hastily launched in late May 1895 in response to the proclamation of the Republic of Formosa, was preceded by an attack on Qing forces on Penghu in March 1895, in which the Japanese defeated the Chinese garrison of the islands and occupied Makung.

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Though the constitution promulgated in 1946 did not define the territory of the Republic of China, while the draft of the constitution of 1925 individually listed the provinces of the Republic of China and Taiwan was not among them, since Taiwan was part of Japan as the result of the Treaty of Shimonoseki of 1895.

The Republic of Formosa ( literally Democratic State of Taiwan, also known informally in English as the Formosan Republic, Taiwan Republic or Republic of Taiwan ) was a short-lived republic that existed on the island of Taiwan in 1895 between the formal cession of Taiwan by the Qing Dynasty of China to the Empire of Japan by the Treaty of Shimonoseki and its invasion and occupation by Japanese troops.

* The Taiwanese movie 一八九五 ( 1895 in Formosa ) was released in 2008.

He succeeded Tang as the second and last leader of the short-lived Republic of Formosa ( 5 June – 21 October 1895 ).

The Taiwanese attempted to resist the Japanese occupation, and a short-lived Democratic Republic of Formosa was declared by the Chinese governor Tang Ching-sung on May 25, 1895.

Following China's cession of Taiwan to Japan at the end of the First Sino-Japanese War ( 1894 – 1895 ) he became president of the short-lived Republic of Formosa.

He spent the following Moderatoral year travelling across Canada, as well as writing From Far Formosa: the island, its people and missions, a missionary ethnography and memoir of his missionary experiences ( published 1895 ).

Starting from the Russo-Japanese War, Japan adopted the moniker " Dai Nippon Teikoku ", acquiring a colonial empire, with the acquisition of Formosa ( 1895 ), the Liaodong Peninsula and Karafuto ( 1905 ), the South Pacific Mandate islands ( 1918 – 19 ) and Joseon ( Korea ) ( 1905 – 10 ).

Taiwan ( Formosa ) including the Pescadores were permanently ceded by Qing Dynasty China to Imperial Japan via Articles 2b and 2c of the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 8 May 1895 in one of what the Chinese term as an unequal treaty.

A nearby beach, Yenliao, was the site of the first landing for the occupation of Taiwan ( Formosa ) by Japanese forces ( 1895 ).

The position of Governor – General of Taiwan existed when Taiwan ( then known in English as Formosa ) and the Pescadores were part of the Empire of Japan, from 1895 to 1945.

The Imperial Guards saw little action in Manchuria during the Sino-Japanese War, but were used to invade Taiwan in May 1895 following the proclamation of the Republic of Formosa.