1895 in Japan

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Decades:	1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s
See also:	Other events of 1895 History of Japan  • Timeline  • Years

Events in the year 1895 in Japan.

Incumbents[]

• Emperor: Emperor Meiji^[1]
• Prime Minister: Itō Hirobumi

Events[]

• January 20-February 12 - Battle of Weihaiwei
• January 31 - The Kyoto Electric Railway, the first electric railway in Japan, begins operation.
• March 4 - Battle of Yingkou
• March 23–26 - Pescadores Campaign (1895)
• May 2 – Kiyō Saving Bank, as predecessor of Kiyō Bank was established in Wakayama Prefecture.^[2]
• May 29-October 21 - Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895)
• June 2–3 - Battle of Keelung
• June 11-August 2 - Hsinchu Campaign
• August 27 - Battle of Baguashan
• September 25 – Bank of Ashikaga (足利銀行) was established in Tochigi Prefecture.^[3]
• October 9 - Battle of Chiayi
• October 11 - Battle of Chiatung
• October 19 – Nekata Bank (根方銀行), as predecessor of Suruga Bank was founded in Shizuoka Prefecture.^[4]
• November 26 - Battle of Changhsing
• Unknown date – Genzo Shimazu Battery Manufacturing, as predecessor of GS Yuasa was founded in Kyoto.^{[citation needed]}

Births[]

• January 19 - Isamu Cho
• January 21 - Noe Itō
• February 23 - Iwao Matsuda (general)
• March 2 - Sanji Iwabuchi
• April 26 - Enzo Matsunaga
• September 18 - Tomoji Tanabe
• September 25 - Masafumi Arima
• November 17 - Unichi Hiratsuka
• December 25 - Mitsuharu Kaneko
• Heihachirō Kojima
• Keiichirō Yoshino

Deaths[]

• January 15 - Prince Arisugawa Taruhito
• February 9 - Ōdera Yasuzumi
• February 20 - Kōno Bairei
• April 20 - Kōno Togama
• November 5 - Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa

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