Historical Events In 1875

Nov 07   Verney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa in the year 1875.   

Nov 10   In the year 1875 maude Eburne, Canada, actress (Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman)   

Nov 13   Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms on this day in history.   

Nov 13   On this day in history national Bowling Association organized in NYC   

Nov 13   Rogelio del Villar, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 14   In the year 1875 jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater   

Nov 16   In the year 1875 battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians   

Nov 17   Amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky & Col Olcott on this day in history.   

Nov 17   Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies in the year 1875.   

Nov 19   On this day in history michael I Kalinin, Russian metal worker/head of state   

Nov 21   Friedrich A Lange, philosopher/socialist (Neo-Kantianism), dies at 67 in the year 1875.   

Nov 22   On this day in history elizabeth Patterson, Savannah TN, actress (Climax, Tall Story)   

Nov 25   Financial difficulties force the ruler of Egypt to seel his shares in the Suez Canal to England and France giving them effective control of the waterway in the year 1875.   

Nov 27   On this day in history wladyslaw Orkan, [Szmaciarz-Smreczynsky], Pol author (Nowele Zebrane)   

Nov 28   Verney Cameroon reaches East Africa on this day in history.   

Dec 02   In the year 1875 frank Reicher, Munich Germany, actor (King Kong, Son of Kong)   

Dec 03   In the year 1875 bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist   

Dec 04   On this day in history r M Rilke, writer   

Dec 04   In the year 1875 the birth of Edgar Wallace, English writer   

Dec 04   William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail in the year 1875.   

Dec 05   Sir Arthur Currie, the first Canadian commander of the Canadian Corps in WW1 is born in the year 1875.   

Dec 06   44th Congress (1875-77) convenes on this day in history.   

Dec 07   In the year 1875 natives Sons of the West organized   

Dec 08   Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St Petersburg on this day in history.   

Dec 09   On this day in history massachusetts Rifle Association "America's Oldest Active Gun Club" is founded.   

Dec 10   Otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84 in the year 1875.   

Dec 12   Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian on this day in history.   

Dec 14   Dobri Khristov, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 15   Friedrich Niggli, composer in the year 1875.   

Dec 17   Violent bread riots in Montreal on this day in history.   

Dec 19   Carter G Woodson, New Canton Va, American historian (black studies) in the year 1875.   

Dec 20   On this day in history michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75   

Dec 20   In the year 1875 t F Powys, Wales, writer (Captain Patch, Goat Green)   

Dec 22   Antoine Mariotte, composer in the year 1875.   

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Jan 01   Charles Rist, French economist was born in the year 1875.   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of n F Druce, cricketer (5 Tests for England v Australia 1897-98)   

Jan 07   In the year 1875 birth of thomas Hicks, English/US marathon runner: (Olympic-gold-1904)   

Jan 07   Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945) was born in the year 1875.   

Jan 09   Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (d. 1942) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1875 birth of reinhold Gliere, composer   

Jan 12   In the year 1875 birth of marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella)   

Jan 14   Albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1954) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1875.   

Jan 20   Jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814) died in the year 1875.   

Jan 23   Charles Kingsley, English vicar/writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   In the year 1875 leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79   

Feb 01   On this day in history william Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58   

Feb 03   In the year 1875 everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66   

Feb 17   Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33 on this day in history.