See also: 1894 in science, other events of 1895, 1896 in science and the list of years in science.
Awards Copley Medal: Karl Weierstrass Wollaston Medal for Geology: Archibald Geikie Births Deaths January 26 - Arthur Cayley, mathematician (* 1821) April 11 - Lothar Meyer, chemist (* 1830) June 29 - Sir Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist (* 1825) September 28 - Louis Pasteur, biologist (* 1822)
