Famous Deaths Happened In 1875

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

Jan 18 On this day in history joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55  

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 Leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Feb 01 William Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1875.  

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

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

Feb 19 In the year 1875 jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76  

Feb 22 Charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 10 Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1875.  

Mar 18 In the year 1875 ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43  

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

Mar 30 In the year 1875 marie Moke Pleyel, composer, dies at 63  

Apr 07 In the year 1875 georg Herwegh, writer, dies at 57  

Apr 11 In the year 1875 heinrich Schwabe, discoverer (11-year sunspot cycle), dies  

Apr 24 On this day in history jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58  

Apr 30 In the year 1875 death of jean Frederic Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)  

May 05 Jan A C A van Nispen tot Sevenaer, Dutch MP (1848-75), dies at 71 in the year 1875.  

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

May 20 In the year 1875 amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58  

May 23 Johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Jun 02 Józef Kremer, Polish messianistic philosopher (b. 1806) died on this day in history.  

Jun 03 On this day in history 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 In the year 1875 johan Peter Cronhamm, composer, dies at 72  

Jun 25 Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (b. 1796) died on this day in history.  

Jun 29 Ferdinand I KLJM de Goedige, Emperor of Austria, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 17 In the year 1875 gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77  

Jul 23 In the year 1875 isaac Merritt Singer, inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63  

Jul 30 On this day in history death of george Pickett, American Confederate general (b. 1825)  

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Jan 01 In the year 1875 birth of charles Rist, French economist  

Jan 01 In the year 1875 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 In the year 1875 birth of gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945)  

Jan 09 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (d. 1942) was born in the year 1875.  

Jan 11 Reinhold Gliere, composer was born in the year 1875.  

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

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