1895
Nineteenth century's end
1895 functions as a noun or adjective referring to the year, often evoking the late Victorian era—a time of gaslight, empire, and early modernization: The house was built in 1895.
In cultural references, 1895 may specifically invoke Oscar Wilde's trials and imprisonment that year, making it a coded marker in discussions of queer history.
- H.G. WellsTime Machine author
- MarconiRadio telegraphy pioneer
- Tsar Nicholas IIFinal Romanov ruler
- Alfred NobelExplosives inventor, prize founder
Wilhelm Röntgen · Louis Pasteur · Thomas Edison · Lumière brothers · Booker T. Washington · Frederick Douglass · W.E.B. Du Bois · Sigmund Freud
Of a prim era
- fin-de-siècleCentury's closing period
- Gilded AgeLate 1800s American prosperity
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
- corsetBoned waist-shaping undergarment
bustle · petticoat · monocle · horse-drawn · carriage · telegram · gramophone · penny-farthing
Early film projection device
- X-raysShort-wavelength penetrating light
- wireless telegraphyCable-free signal transmission
- diesel engineSparkless internal combustion motor
- kinetoscopeEarly motion picture viewer
- The Time MachineVehicle traversing past and future
- The Importance of Being EarnestVictorian comedy of manners
- impressionismStyle prioritizing perception
- Art NouveauCurvilinear decorative movement, 1890s
Realism · penny dreadful · music hall · vaudeville · ragtime · operetta · Symbolism · naturalism
Ruling allowing racial separation
- Tsar Nicholas IIFinal Romanov ruler
- Treaty of Shimonoseki1895 peace accord
- Dreyfus AffairFrench antisemitic military injustice
Quality from past eras
- bygoneOf earlier times
- yesteryearTime not long past
- retroEvoking recent past
- antiqueOld valued collectible
old-world · period piece · sepia · heirloom · collectible · memorabilia · historical · heritage
Oscar Wilde
- H.G. WellsTime Machine author
- MarconiRadio telegraphy pioneer
- Tsar Nicholas IIFinal Romanov ruler
Wilhelm Röntgen · Alfred Nobel · Louis Pasteur · Thomas Edison · Lumière brothers · Booker T. Washington · Frederick Douglass · W.E.B. Du Bois · Sigmund Freud · Pierre Curie
Victorian
Of a prim era
- fin-de-siècleCentury's closing period
- Gilded AgeLate 1800s American prosperity
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
corset · bustle · petticoat · monocle · horse-drawn · carriage · telegram · gramophone · penny-farthing · daguerreotype
cinematograph
Early film projection device
- X-raysShort-wavelength penetrating light
- wireless telegraphyCable-free signal transmission
- diesel engineSparkless internal combustion motor
kinetoscope · pneumatic tire · photographic film · escalator · automobile
Sherlock Holmes
- The Time MachineVehicle traversing past and future
- The Importance of Being EarnestVictorian comedy of manners
- impressionismStyle prioritizing perception
Art Nouveau · Realism · penny dreadful · music hall · vaudeville · ragtime · operetta · Symbolism · naturalism
Plessy v. Ferguson
Ruling allowing racial separation
- Tsar Nicholas IIFinal Romanov ruler
- Treaty of Shimonoseki1895 peace accord
- Dreyfus AffairFrench antisemitic military injustice
vintage
Quality from past eras
- bygoneOf earlier times
- yesteryearTime not long past
- retroEvoking recent past
antique · old-world · period piece · sepia · heirloom · collectible · memorabilia · historical · heritage · classical