- 日清戦争
- 平壌の戦い
- 豊島沖海戦
- 동학농민운동 일어남, 갑오개혁 청일 전쟁 발발KO
- June. The Gabo Reform is initiated. The reform ends in February the next year.EN
- 1892Issuance of the Baekdonghwa (백동화,白銅貨), the last coin issued during the Joseon Dynasty, with the enforcement of the New Currency Regulations (신식화폐조례,新式貨幣條例). Although it caused some chaos on which currency to use and its introduction triggered counterfeiting, it also stabilised the inflation within the peninsula.
- 1893March. The Korean Imperial Naval Academy is established. The academy produces approximately 160 officers before its close during and after the First Sino-Japanese War.
- 18958 October. Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese agents under Miura Goro.
- 1896January. Joseon begins to use the Gregorian calendar.
- 18962 July. Establishment of the Independence Club by Seo Jae-pil (서재필,徐載弼).
- 1896April. Tongnip sinmun, the first private modern Korean newspaper, is founded.
- 1896February. Gojong's internal exile to the Russian legation.
- 189611 February. King Gojong flees to the Russian legation in Seoul.
| - August — First Sino-Japanese War: War was officially declared between Japan and the Qing dynasty.
- 旅順虐殺事件
- 中日甲午战争始。日军在旅顺进行大屠杀，超过两万人遇害。唐景崧任台湾省巡抚。興中會（中國國民黨前身）成立。ZH
- 1895威海衛の戦い
- 1895영구 전투
- 1895Battle of Chiatung
- 1895Battle of Chiayi
- 1895Battle of Changhsing
- 1895April — First Sino-Japanese War: The Qing cede the Penghu islands and Taiwan to Japan in the Treaty of Shimonoseki
- 1895April — First Sino-Japanese War: The Qing dynasty signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki, under which it recognized the independence of Joseon, granted Japan MFN status and ceded to it Penghu, Taiwan and the Liaodong Peninsula.
| - 日英通商航海条約
- 庄内地震
- August — First Sino-Japanese War starts.EN
- 1895台湾征服戦争
- 1895遼東還付条約
- 1895April — The First Sino-Japanese War is won by the Japanese, resulting in the Treaty of Shimonoseki. It was the first major conflict between Japan and an overseas military power in modern times. For the first time, regional dominance in East Asia shifted from China to Japan. Korea became a vassal state of Japan.
- 1895May — Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895)
- 1896明治三陸地震
- 1896June — Sanriku earthquake kills 22,066 people.
| - Pullman StrikeEN
- San Juan earthquakeEN
- Sunset Limited service opened on the second transcontinental route by Southern Pacific RailroadEN
- Coxey's ArmyEN
- Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act, including income taxEN
- 1892General Electric Company founded
- 1892Sierra Club founded by John Muir
- 1892U.S. presidential election, 1892: Grover Cleveland elected president and Adlai E. Stevenson, vice president
- 1892Populist national convention held in Omaha
- 1892Homestead Strike
- 1892March 4, 1893 – Cleveland becomes the 24th president; Stevenson becomes the 23rd vice president
- 1893Panic of 1893
- 1893Sherman Silver Purchase Act repealed
- 1893Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago
- 1895William Randolph Hearst purchases the New York Morning Journal
- 1895Lee Shelton shoots Billy Lyons, spawning countless ballads.
- 1895Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. strikes down part of Wilson-Gorman Tariff
- 1896Gold discovered in the Yukon's Klondike
- 1896Utah becomes a state
- 1896Henry Ford builds his first automobile
- 1896プレッシー対ファーガソン裁判
- 1896U.S. presidential election, 1896: William McKinley elected president and Garret A. Hobart vice president
- 1896William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech
- 1896March 4, 1897 – McKinley becomes the 25th president; and Hobart becomes the 24th vice president
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