- January 17
- French President Casimir-Perier resigns. [1]
- Félix Faure installed as President of France. [1]
- January 22
- National Association of Manufacturers organized in Cincinnati Ohio. [1]
- January 29
- King Koko's Kopermannen assault on Akassa Niger, 100's killed. [1]
- January 30
- C J Eady (Tasmania) first Australian to score twin centuries (vs Victoria). [1]
- SS Elbe sinks after collision in North Sea, 332 killed. [1]
- With the US Treasury gold reserve at $22 million, about 11 days from bankruptcy, President Grover Cleveland makes a deal with financier J.P. Morgan, to sell a US bond issue at 3.75 percent interest to the Rothschilds and others in London, with Morgan being given a free hand to run the country for a month. [641.42]
- January 31
- José Martí and others leave New York City, New York for invasion of Spanish Cuba. [1]
- February 4
- First rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago, Illinois. [1]
- February 8
- Tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake" premieres in Petersburg. [1]
- February 11
- -17 degrees F (-27.2 degrees C) in Braemar, Grampian (United Kingdom record). [1]
- Georgetown became part of Washington DC. [1]
- February 13
- Moving picture projector patented. [1]
- February 14
- Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" opens in London. [1]
- February 15
- 23 cm (9") of snow falls on New Orleans. [1]
- February 20
- US Congress changes designation of the Denver Assay Office to Denver Mint, with authority to strike gold and silver coins. [1] [699.24]
- February 21
- North Carolina Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass. [1]
- February 23
- William Heard, AME minister and educator, named minister to Liberia. [1]
- February 24
- Cuban war of independence begins. [1]
- February 26
- Michael Owens of Toledo Ohio patents a glass-blowing machine. [1]
- March 4
- Gustav Mahler's second Symphony, premieres in Berlin. [1]
- March 11
- Spanish cruiser Reina Regenta sinks at Gibraltar, 400 killed. [1]
- March 18
- 200 blacks leave Savannah Georgia for Liberia. [1]
- March 19
- Los Angeles Railway established to provide streetcar service. [1]
- March 22
- Auguste and Louis Lumiere show their first movie to an invited audience. [1]
- March 25
- Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia). [1]
- March 26
- King Alfonso plants pine sapling in Madrid, starts Spain's Arbor Day. [1]
- March 30
- British inventor Birt Acres films Oxford-Cambridge. [1]
- April 5
- Oscar Wilde loses libel case against Marquess of Queensberry, who accused him of homosexual practices. [1]
- April 11
- Anaheim completes its new electric light system. [1]
- April 14
- First performance of Gustav Mahler's (incomplete) second Symphony. [1]
- April 17
- Treaty of Shimonoseki signed, ends first Sino-Japanese War (1894-95). [1]
- April 24
- Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat. [1]
- May 8
- China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki. [1]
- May 20
- First commercial movie performance (153 Broadway, New York City). [1]
- May 24
- Henry Irving becomes first theatrical knight. [1]
- May 25
- Oscar Wilde sentenced to two years hard labor for being a sodomite. [1]
- May 27
- British inventor Birt Acres patents film camera/projector. [1]
- June 11
- June 13
- Émile Levassor wins first Paris-Bordeaux-Paris auto race (24 kph). [1]
- June 17
- US Ship Canal (W 225th St) in the Bronx completed; cutting Marble. [1]
- June 20
- First female doctor of science earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin). [1]
- A Charlois discovers asteroid #404 Arsinoe. [1]
- Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras form a short-lived confederation. [1]
- July 11
- The brothers Lumière show a film for scientists. [5]
- July 23
- A Charlois discovers asteroid #405 Thia. [1]
- September 18
- Booker T Washington delivers "Atlanta Compromise" address. [1]
- D.D. Palmer of Davenport, Iowa, becomes first chiropractor. [1]
- September 21
- First auto manufacturer opens-Duryea Motor Wagon Company. [1]
- September 24
- First round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months). [1]
- September 30
- France proclaims a protectorate over Madagascar. [1]
- October 31
- In Charleston, Missouri, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake occurs. [53]
- November 5
- First US patent granted for auto (George B Selden). [1]
- November 8
- German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen becomes the first person to observe X-rays, electromagnetic energy waves. [1] [129] [391.46]
- November 11
- Bechuanaland becomes part of the Cape Colony. [1]
- November 13
- First shipment of canned pineapple from Hawaii. [1]
- November 26
- Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association formed. [1]
- November 27
- At the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament. He directs that most of his estate be invested, with the interest used as prizes to those making the greatest contributions to mankind, in the subjects of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace. [1] [5] [7]
- November 28
- America's first auto race starts; six cars, 55 miles, winner averages 7 MPH. [1] [5]
- December 2
- 54thUS Congress (1895-97) convenes. [1]
- December 7
- Battle at Amba Alagi: Abyssinians beat Italian armies. [1]
- December 8
- Battle at Amba Alagi: Ethiopian emperor Menelik II drives Italian General Baratieri's out. [1]
- December 13
- First complete execution of Gustav Mahlers second Symphony. [1]
- December 17
- Anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington DC. [1]
- George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Massachusetts). [1]
- December 28
- The world's first commercial movie screening takes place at the Grand Cafe in Paris. The film was made by Louis and Auguste Lumière, showing a series of short scenes from everyday French life. [1] [5] [129]
- December 29
- Dr L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg. [1]
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