Famous Deaths Happened In 1875

Jan 03 Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68 in the year 1875.  

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

Jan 20 On this day in history death of jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814)  

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

Jan 25 On this day in history leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79  

Feb 01 William Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Feb 03 Everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66 in the year 1875.  

Feb 17 On this day in history luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33  

Feb 19 On this day in history jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76  

Feb 22 On this day in history charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77  

Mar 01 Tristan Corbière, French poet (b. 1845) died in the year 1875.  

Mar 10 On this day in history louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer, dies at 84  

Mar 18 Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43 in the year 1875.  

Mar 27 Edgar Quinet, French historian (b. 1803) died on this day in history.  

Mar 30 On this day in history marie Moke Pleyel, composer, dies at 63  

Apr 07 On this day in history georg Herwegh, writer, dies at 57  

Apr 11 Heinrich Schwabe, discoverer (11-year sunspot cycle), dies in the year 1875.  

Apr 24 Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Apr 30 On this day in history death of jean Frederic Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)  

May 05 On this day in history jan A C A van Nispen tot Sevenaer, Dutch MP (1848-75), dies at 71  

May 17 On this day in history death of john C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States (b. 1821)  

May 20 On this day in history amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58  

May 23 On this day in history johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer, dies at 78  

Jun 02 Józef Kremer, Polish messianistic philosopher (b. 1806) died in the year 1875.  

Jun 03 In the year 1875 death of georges Bizet, French composer (b. 1838)  

Jun 04 Eduard Mörike, German poet (b. 1804) died on this day in history.  

Jun 09 Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (b. 1795) died on this day in history.  

Jun 15 Johan Peter Cronhamm, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Jun 25 On this day in history death of antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (b. 1796)  

Jun 29 In the year 1875 ferdinand I KLJM de Goedige, Emperor of Austria, dies at 82  

Jul 09 In the year 1875 francis Preston Blair Jr, famed St Louis lawyer, dies at 54  

Jul 17 On this day in history gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77  

Jul 23 Isaac Merritt Singer, inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Jul 30 In the year 1875 death of george Pickett, American Confederate general (b. 1825)  

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Jan 01 On this day in history birth of charles Rist, French economist  

Jan 01 N F Druce, cricketer (5 Tests for England v Australia 1897-98) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 07 Thomas Hicks, English/US marathon runner: (Olympic-gold-1904) was born in the year 1875.  

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

Jan 09 In the year 1875 birth of gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (d. 1942)  

Jan 11 On this day in history birth of reinhold Gliere, composer  

Jan 12 On this day in history birth of marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella)  

Jan 14 On this day in history birth of albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1954)