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| 1894 |
| | | Japan and China go to war over Korea, with disastrous results for China | |
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| 1894 |
| | | William Randolph Hearst buys the New York Journal, the first of numerous purchases in building up his press empire | |
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| 1894 |
| | | Brazil's first civilian president, Prudente de Morais, is peacefully elected, setting the pattern for the next four decades | |
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| 1894 |
| | | Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army, is convicted of treason and sent to Devil's Island in French Guiana | |
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| 1894 |
| | | Claude Debussy's tone poem L'Après-midi d'un faune has its premiere in Paris | |
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| 1894 |
| | | The first competitive event for cars is held over a distance of 78 miles from Paris to Rouen | |
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| 1894 |
| | | The tenor Enrico Caruso makes his debut in his home town of Naples | |
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| 1895 |
| | | Swan Lake is performed in St Petersburg in its definitive version, with choreography shared between Lucien Petipa and Lev Ivanov | |
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| 1895 |
| | | Oscar Wilde's most brilliant comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest is performed in London's St. James Theatre | |
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| 1895 |
| | | Japan's navy destroys the remains of China's fleet at Weihaiwei | |
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