1895 in China
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{{Year in China|1895}}
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{{Citation
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|title=Historical and Legal Aspects of the International Status of Taiwan (Formosa)
|author=Ng Yuzin Chiautong
|publisher=World United Formosans for Independence (Tokyo)
|year=1972
|access-date=2010-02-25}}
- 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
- March 1 – Deng Yanda
- March 30 – Cai Hesen
- Liu Wenhui
- Ji Hongchang
- Wang Fengge
Deaths
- February 10 – Liu Buchan
- February 12 – Ding Ruchang
- Lu Haodong
- Zhu Hongzhang
References
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