1895 in China
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Events in the year 1895 in China.
Incumbents
[edit]- Guangxu Emperor (21st year)
Events
[edit]- 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
[edit]- March 1 – Deng Yanda
- March 30 – Cai Hesen
- Liu Wenhui
- Ji Hongchang
- Wang Fengge
Deaths
[edit]- February 10 – Liu Buchan
- February 12 – Ding Ruchang
- Lu Haodong
- Zhu Hongzhang
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ Kowner, Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War, p. 375.
