WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1895
Find out what all happened March to December 1895

The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade. (21. October 1895)

El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form the Greater Republic of Central America. (28. June 1895)

The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality. (3. April 1895)

Henry Irving becomes the first person from the theatre to be knighted. (24. May 1895)

Brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology to scientists. (11. July 1895)

Eulmi incident- Queen Min of Joseon is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators inside and her corpse burnt by Korean people Gyeongbok Palace. (8. October 1895)

The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York, New York, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives. (27. June 1895)

German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his Navigable Balloon. (31. August 1895)

Daniel David Palmer gives the first chiropractic adjustment. (18. September 1895)

The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan. (17. April 1895)

George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile. (5. November 1895)

In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional. (8. April 1895)

The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened. (20. June 1895)

Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays. (28. December 1895)

The first game of what would become known as rugby league football is played, in England, starting the 1895–96 Northern Rugby Football Union season. (7. September 1895)

While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray. (8. November 1895)

Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry. (6. April 1895)

In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector — a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day. (7. May 1895)

John Brallier became the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid $10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association. (3. September 1895)

The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Ching-sung as its president. (25. May 1895)

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