The History of Cinema Timeline: 1895

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			France

		13/2 -	The Lumieres patent their cinématographe. An addition to the registered patent is lodged on 30^th March 1895. [MORE]









		22/3 -	A Demonstration of the cinématographe is given to the Societé d’Encouragement de L’Industrie Nationale. They project the short film La Sortie des Usines Lumière (Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory). [MORE]













		22/8 -	Leon Gaumont enters into an agreement with Georges Demeny to manufacture and market Demeny’s chronophotographic camera and Phonoscope projector-viewer. [MORE]

		26/8 -	Henri Joly files a patent for a camera that serves as both a camera and Kinetoscope which he supplies to Charles Pathe. [MORE] [ADD]

		28/12 -	The Lumiere brothers give their first demonstration of the Cinematographe to a paying audience at the Salon Indien of the Grand Café, in the basement of the Second Empire Grand Hotel at 14 boulevard des Capucines. [MORE]



			Germany
















		Jul -	The Skladanowsky Brothers demonstrate their Bioskop at the Gasthaus Sello in the Pankow district of Berlin to directors of the Wintergarten theatre. [MORE]

		1/11 -	The Skladanowsky Brothers give the world’s first exhibition of projected moving images to a paying audience at the Wintergarten theatre in Berlin. [MORE]



			Great Britain















	Mar -	Birt Acres shoots the short film Incident at Clovelly Cottage using a camera constructed by Robert Paul. [MORE]











	30/3 -	Robert Paul and Birt Acres film the Cambridge v Oxford boat race. [MORE]












	27/5 -	Birt Acres takes out a sole patent on the Kineopticon camera which he designed and built with Robert Paul. [MORE]

	29/5 -	Robert Paul and Birt Acres film the Derby. [MORE]



		Italy









	11/11 -	Filoteo Alberini files a patent for his Kinetografo Alberini, a camera, projector and printer. [MORE]



		USA

	27/2 -	The Lathams successfully develop their own camera, and begin investigating ways of preventing film from tearing which will eventually lead to the invention of the Latham Loop. [MORE] [ADD]

	Mar -	The Lathams design and build the Eidoloscope projector. [MORE] [ADD]









	26/3 -	Charles Francis Jenkins files a patent for the Phantascope. [MORE]

	2/4 -	W. K. L. Dickson resigns from the employ of Thomas Edison. [MORE]













	21/4 -	Woodville Latham gives a demonstration of his new projector to reporters. [MORE]












	Apr -	Edison begins shipping his Kinetophone for US & Canadian distribution. [MORE]

	4/5 -	Otway Latham films a staged fight between Young Griffo and Battling Charles Barnett which is shown to the public on 20^th May. [MORE]









	Jun -	Herman Casler and W. K. L. Dickson complete design and construction of the Mutograph. [MORE]

	Nov -	Herman Casler and W. K. L. Dickson develop the Biograph projector. [MORE]

	18/12 -	Charles Francis Jenkins demonstrates his Phantascope projector to the Franklin Institute. [MORE]

	27/12 -	The American Mutoscope and Biograph Company is established. [MORE]

The History of Cinema: 1895