1895

Centuries: Year in Review 19th Century (18th century - 19th century - 20th century)

Decades: 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s - 1890s - 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s

Years: 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 - 1895 - 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

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Events

• Konstantin Tsiolkovsky proposes a space elevator

Births

• January 1 - J. Edgar Hoover, FBI director
• February 11 - Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer.
• April 9 - Mance Lipscomb, popular singer.
• July 12 - Buckminster Fuller, American architect.
• Wilhelm Gustloff, Swiss Nazi party leader.

Deaths

• Frederick Douglass, ex-slave and author.