Historical Events In 1875

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

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

Nov 13   On this day in history rogelio del Villar, composer   

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

Nov 16   On this day in history 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   In the year 1875 michael I Kalinin, Russian metal worker/head of state   

Nov 21   In the year 1875 friedrich A Lange, philosopher/socialist (Neo-Kantianism), dies at 67   

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

Nov 25   In the year 1875 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   

Nov 27   In the year 1875 wladyslaw Orkan, [Szmaciarz-Smreczynsky], Pol author (Nowele Zebrane)   

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

Dec 02   On this day in history frank Reicher, Munich Germany, actor (King Kong, Son of Kong)   

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

Dec 04   In the year 1875 r M Rilke, writer   

Dec 04   The birth of Edgar Wallace, English writer on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 44th Congress (1875-77) convenes   

Dec 07   Natives Sons of the West organized on this day in history.   

Dec 08   In the year 1875 aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St Petersburg   

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

Dec 10   Otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84 on this day in history.   

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   Violent bread riots in Montreal in the year 1875.   

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   On this day in history t F Powys, Wales, writer (Captain Patch, Goat Green)   

Dec 22   Antoine Mariotte, composer in the year 1875.   

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

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

Jan 07   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 14   In the year 1875 birth of albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1954)   

Jan 03   In the year 1875 baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68   

Jan 18   Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 23   In the year 1875 charles Kingsley, English vicar/writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55   

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

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