Events in the year 1895 in China.
Incumbents Guangxu Emperor (21st year)
Events January 20 – February 12 – First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Weihaiwei March 4 – First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Yingkou April 17 – Treaty of Shimonoseki with Empire of Japan islands of Taiwan and Penghu ceded to Japan April 23 – Triple Intervention by Russian Empire, German Empire and French Third Republic.Kowner, Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War, p. 375. May 5 – Prime Minister of Japan Ito Hirobumi announces withdrawal of Japanese troops from Liaodong Peninsula May–October – Taiwanese Resistance to Japanese Invasion August 1 – Kucheng Massacre Dungan Revolt (1895–96), a rebellion of various Chinese Muslim ethnic groups in Qinghai and Gansu against the Qing dynasty
Births January 10 — Liu Wenhui, general and warlord of the Sichuan clique (d. 1976) February 8 — Khorloogiin Choibalsan, 1st leader of the Mongolian People's Republic (d. 1952) February 24 — Liu Tianhua, musician and composer (d. 1932) March 1 — Deng Yanda, military officer in the National Revolutionary Army (d. 1931) March 30 — Cai Hesen, early leader of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1931) June 2 — Fu Zuoyi, military leader (d. 1974) June 27 — Jamsrangiin Sambuu, 9th Chairman of the Presidium of the State Great Khural of the Mongolian People's Republic (d. 1972) July 19 — Xu Beihong, painter (d. 1953) July 30 — Ch'ien Mu, historian, philosopher and writer (d. 1990) September 25 — Qian Zhuangfei, doctor, film director and secret agent for the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1935) October 10 — Lin Yutang, inventor, linguist, novelist, philosopher and translator (d. 1976) October 18 — Ji Hongchang, general and patriot (d. 1934) November 23 — Fang Chih, Taiwanese politician and diplomat (d. 1989) November 26 — Peng Shuzhi, early leader of the Chinese Communist Party (d. 1983) December 1 — Huang Shaohong, warlord of the New Guangxi Clique (d. 1966) December 14 — Nan Hanchen, 1st Governor of the People's Bank of China (d. 1967) Wang Fengge
Deaths February 10 — Liu Buchan, naval officer (b. 1852) February 12 — Ding Ruchang, admiral of Beiyang Fleet (b. 1836) May 15 — Consort Lu, consort of Emperor Xianfeng (b. 1841) November 7 — Lu Haodong, revolutionary (b. 1868) Zhu Hongzhang
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