Page 7: Historical Events In 1875

Nov 07   Verney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa on this day in history.   

Nov 10   Maude Eburne, Canada, actress (Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman) on this day in history.   

Nov 13   On this day in history harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms   

Nov 13   National Bowling Association organized in NYC on this day in history.   

Nov 13   In the year 1875 rogelio del Villar, composer   

Nov 14   On this day in history jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater   

Nov 16   Battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians in the year 1875.   

Nov 17   On this day in history amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky & Col Olcott   

Nov 17   Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies on this day in history.   

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   Wladyslaw Orkan, [Szmaciarz-Smreczynsky], Pol author (Nowele Zebrane) in the year 1875.   

Nov 28   On this day in history verney Cameroon reaches East Africa   

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

Dec 03   On this day in history bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist   

Dec 04   R M Rilke, writer on this day in history.   

Dec 04   The birth of Edgar Wallace, English writer in the year 1875.   

Dec 04   On this day in history william Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail   

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

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   On this day in history aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St Petersburg   

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

Dec 10   On this day in history otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84   

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

Dec 14   In the year 1875 dobri Khristov, composer   

Dec 15   On this day in history friedrich Niggli, composer   

Dec 17   In the year 1875 violent bread riots in Montreal   

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

Dec 20   Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75 in the year 1875.   

Dec 20   T F Powys, Wales, writer (Captain Patch, Goat Green) on this day in history.   

Dec 22   On this day in history antoine Mariotte, composer   

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

Jan 01   N F Druce, cricketer (5 Tests for England v Australia 1897-98) was born in the year 1875.   

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

Jan 11   Reinhold Gliere, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1875.   

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

Jan 18   In the year 1875 joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55   

Jan 20   In the year 1875 death of jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814)   

Jan 23   In the year 1875 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   In the year 1875 everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66   

Feb 17   In the year 1875 luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33