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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 |
| | | 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 |
| | | The Limes becomes the seat of local government in Mortlake, and remains so until 1940 | |
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| 1895 |
| | | The British government takes responsibility for Kenya, as the East Africa Protectorate | |
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| 1895 |
| | | Leander Jameson leads a disastrous raid into the Transvaal, in an attempt to topple Paul Kruger's government | |
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| 1896 |
| | | Utah is admitted to the union as the 45th state, after the Mormons agree to give up polygamy | |
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| 1896 |
| | | Cecil Rhodes' involvement with the Jameson raid forces his resignation as the Cape Colony prime minister | |
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| 1896 |
| | | Canada's first French-speaking and Roman Catholic premier, Wilfrid Laurier, wins the first of four consecutive spells as premier | |
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| 1896 |
| | | Italy, one of the local colonial powers, accepts Ethiopia's claim to the Ogaden region of the Somali territory | |
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| 1896 |
| | | Republican candidate William McKinley wins the US presidential election, defeating Democrat William Jennings Bryan | |
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