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United States of America in 1895

Historical records for United States of America in 1895, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

6Records
6Events
4Named people
2Places
4Categories

Historical records

February

1 February 1895Birth of John FordJohn Ford

Arts / Cinema

Birth of John Ford

8 February 1895Gold Bond SyndicateJohn Pierpont Morgan

New York · Economy / Gold Standard

Morgan's syndicate supplies gold to replenish the Treasury reserve in exchange for government bonds.

8 February 1895Gold Reserve CrisisGrover Cleveland

Washington · Government / Democratic Party Government

Cleveland authorises a bond sale to replenish the Treasury's dangerously depleted gold reserve.

June

12 June 1895Calls for citizens not to aid Cuban insurgentsGrover Cleveland

Washington · Government / Democratic Party Government

Calls for citizens not to aid Cuban insurgents who are rising up against Spanish rule

December

21 December 1895Venezuelan Boundary CommissionGrover Cleveland

Washington · Government / Democratic Party Government

At the request of the President Congress authorizes the Venezuelan Boundary Commission

Other Events

1895President of United States of AmericaOliver Wolcott Gibbs

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Appointed President of the National Academy of Sciences

Names involved

Grover ClevelandJohn FordJohn Pierpont MorganOliver Wolcott Gibbs

Places involved

New YorkWashington

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.