1895 in China

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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[1]
    • islands of Taiwan and Penghu ceded to Japan
  • April 23 - Triple Intervention by Russian Empire, German Empire and French Third Republic.[2]
  • May 5 - Prime Minister of Japan Ito Hirobumi announces withdrawal of Japanese troops from Liaodong Peninsula
  • May-October - Taiwanese Resistance to the Japanese Invasion (1895)
  • 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[]

  1. ^ Ng Yuzin Chiautong (1972), Historical and Legal Aspects of the International Status of Taiwan (Formosa), World United Formosans for Independence (Tokyo), retrieved 2010-02-25
  2. ^ Kowner, Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War, p. 375.
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