title: 1895 in the Philippines
text: # 1895 in the Philippines
  
  1895 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in the year 1895.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Governor-General: Ramón Blanco y Erenas
  
  ## Events
  
  * January 1 – First ever local elections were held as per the Maura Law passed in 1893.
  * January 15 – The first issue of the Boletin del Museo-Biblioteca de Filipinas (Bulletin of the Museum-Library of the Philippines) is published.
  * January 23 – Philippine Regional Exposition was held in Manila, wherein Governor-General Blanco declares a great future predestined for the Philippines.
  
  ## Holidays
  
  As a colony of Spanish Empire and being a catholic colony, the following were considered holidays:
  
  * January 1 – New Year's Day
  * April 11 – Maundy Thursday
  * April 12 – Good Friday
  * December 25 – Christmas Day
  
  ## Births
  
  * January 13 – Vivencio Cuyugan, Filipino boxer and politician (d. 1971)
  * March 23 – Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian and educator (d. 2001)
  * December 13 – Victorio Edades, Filipino painter (d. 1985)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * March 10 – Amai Pakpak, Maranao leader
  