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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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| 1895 |
| | | The USGA (US Golf Association) stages the first national amateur and open championships | |
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| 1895 |
| | | Oscar Wilde is sent to Reading Gaol to serve a two-year sentence with hard labour after being convicted of homosexuality | |
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| 1895 |
| | | The British government takes responsibility for Kenya, as the East Africa Protectorate | |
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| c. 1895 |
| | | General Alfred von Schlieffen devises plans for a potential two-pronged attack against France and Russia in a swift war | |
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