What generation is 1895? Lost Generation

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About the Generation (1895)

The Lost Generation (1883-1900): Grew up in the shadow of World War I, known for their disillusionment with societal norms and contributions to modernist literature and art.

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Famous People (Celebrities) Born in 1895

  • Babe Ruth (Feb 6, 1895)
  • George VI (Dec 14, 1895)
  • Buster Keaton (Oct 4, 1895)
  • Hattie McDaniel (Jun 10, 1895)
  • David Jones (Nov 1, 1895)
  • Shemp Howard (Mar 11, 1895)
  • Olga Nikolaevna (Nov 15, 1895)
  • Jack Dempsey (Jun 24, 1895)
  • Bert Lahr (Aug 13, 1895)
  • Gracie Allen (Jul 26, 1895)

What Happened in 1895

  1. Mar 25 - Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
  2. Apr 17 - Treaty of Shimonoseki is signed ending the First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
  3. May 8 - China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
  4. Jun 20 - 1st female PhD from an American University, earned by Caroline Willard Baldwin (in Science) at Cornell University
  5. Nov 8 - German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen produces and detects electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range today known as X-rays or Röntgen rays
  6. Nov 27 - Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel's will establishes the Nobel Prize

Popular Movies 1895

  1. Tables Turned on the Gardener - Director: Lumière, Louis. Country: France.
  2. Employees Leaving the Lumière Factory - Director: Lumière, Louis. Country: France.
  3. The Arrival of a Train - Director: Lumière, Auguste / Lumière, Louis. Country: France.
  4. Dickson Experimental Sound Film - Director: Dickson, William K.L.. Country: USA.

Who Was US President 1895

Grover Cleveland
1894 1896