Editing 1895 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 6]] &ndash; [[Oscar Wilde]] is arrested in London for "gross indecency", after losing a [[criminal libel]] case against the [[John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry|Marquess of Queensberry]].
* [[April 7]] &ndash; [[Nansen's Fram expedition|Nansen's ''Fram'' expedition]] to the [[Arctic]] reaches 86°13.6'N, almost 3° beyond the previous [[Farthest North]] attained.
* [[April 14]] &ndash; [[1895 Ljubljana earthquake|A major earthquake]] severely damages [[Ljubljana]], the capital of [[Duchy of Carniola|Carniola]].
* [[April 17]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Shimonoseki]] is signed between China and Japan. 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 [[Liaoning|Fengtian]] [[Administration of territory in dynastic China#Qing dynasty (1636–1912)|province]], [[Taiwan Prefecture|Taiwan]] and the [[Penghu]] to Japan.<ref name=shim>{{cite book|last=Weale|first=Bertram Lenox Putnam|author-link1= Bertram Lenox Simpson|year=1905|title=The Re-shaping of the Far East|url=https://archive.org/details/reshapingoffarea02weal|pages=[https://archive.org/details/reshapingoffarea02weal/page/431 431]–437}}</ref> The huge indemnity exacted from China is used to establish the [[Yawata Iron and Steel Works]] in Japan.
* [[April 22]] &ndash; [[Gongche Shangshu movement]]: 603 candidates sign a 10,000-word petition against the [[Treaty of Shimonoseki]].
* [[April 27]] &ndash; The unique, historic and picturesque Spiral Bridge is constructed to carry U.S. 61 over the Mississippi River at [[Hastings, Minnesota]]. It is demolished in [[1951]].
* [[May 2]] &ndash; [[Gongche Shangshu movement]]: Thousands of Beijing scholars and citizens protest against the [[Treaty of Shimonoseki]].
* [[May 9]] &ndash; Thirteen workers are killed by soldiers of the [[Russian Empire]] during the [[1895 Yaroslavl Great Manufacture strike|Yaroslavl Great Manufacture strike]].
* [[May 18]]  &ndash; The first motor race in Italy is held, on a course from [[Turin]] to [[Asti]] and back, a total of {{convert|93|km|mi|abbr=on}}. Five entrants start the event; only three complete it. It is won by Simone Federman in a four-seat [[Daimler Company|Daimler]] Omnibus, at an average speed of {{convert|15.5|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}.<ref name="auto">[http://www.grandprixhistory.org/story.htm The Story of the Grand Prix]. (retrieved 11 June 2017)</ref>
* [[May 24]] &ndash; Anti-Japanese officials, led by [[Tang Jingsong]] in [[Taiwan]], declare independence from the [[Qing dynasty]], forming the short-lived [[Republic of Formosa]].
* [[May 25]] &ndash; ''R. v. Wilde'': [[Oscar Wilde]] is convicted in London of "unlawfully committing acts of gross indecency with certain male persons" (under the [[Labouchere Amendment]]) and given a two years' sentence of [[hard labour]], during which he will write ''[[De Profundis (letter)|De Profundis]]''.
* [[May 27]] &ndash; ''[[In re Debs]]'': The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] decides that the federal government has the right to regulate interstate commerce, legalizing the military suppression of the [[Pullman Strike]].
* [[June 5]] &ndash; The Liberal Revolution begins in [[Ecuador]], making the civil war more intense in the country.
* [[June 11]]
** Britain annexes [[Maputaland|Tongaland]], between [[Zulu Kingdom|Zululand]] and [[Mozambique]].
** The [[Paris–Bordeaux–Paris]] automobile trial is held.
* [[June 20]] 
** The [[Kiel Canal]], connecting the [[North Sea]] to the [[Baltic Sea|Baltic]] across the base of the [[Jutland]] peninsula in Germany, is officially opened.
** The [[Greater Republic of Central America|Treaty of Amapala]] establishes the [[Greater Republic of Central America|union]] of [[Nicaragua]], [[Honduras]] and [[El Salvador]] (which ends in [[1898]]).
* [[June 28]] &ndash; The [[United States Court of Private Land Claims]] rules that [[James Reavis]]'s claim to the Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent".