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| 1895 |
| | | The territory south of the Zambezi is given the name Rhodesia, in honour of the man who has colonized it | |
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| 1895 |
| | | Scottish chemist William Ramsay isolates the element helium | |
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| 1895 |
| | | Stephen Crane succeeds handsomely with his second novel, The Red Badge of Courage, set in the American Civil War | |
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| 1895 |
| | | At the end of the Sino-Japanese war China cedes to Japan the island of Taiwan, together with Port Arthur and the Liadong peninsula | |
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| 1895 |
| | | Khama III, the king of Bechuanaland, travels to London to demand the continuing protection of the British crown | |
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| 1895 |
| | | Joshua Slocum sails from Boston in his sloop Spray for his attempt at a solo circumnavigation of the world | |
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| 1895 |
| | | Oscar Wilde loses a libel case that he has brought against the marquess of Queensberry for describing him as a sodomite | |
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| 1895 |
| | | 21-year-old Guglielmo Marconi succeeds in transmitting a radio signal more than a mile at his home near Bologna | |
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| 1895 |
| | | Lord Rosebery's Liberal government suffers a defeat in the House of Commons, and Lord Salisbury returns as Britain's prime minister | |
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| 1895 |
| | | Australia has a catchy new song in "Waltzing Matilda", written by Banjo Paterson to music by Christina Macpherson | |
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