Page 7: 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 in the year 1875.   

Nov 13   National Bowling Association organized in NYC in the year 1875.   

Nov 13   Rogelio del Villar, composer in the year 1875.   

Nov 14   Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater in the year 1875.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   Elizabeth Patterson, Savannah TN, actress (Climax, Tall Story) on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 27   Wladyslaw Orkan, [Szmaciarz-Smreczynsky], Pol author (Nowele Zebrane) on this day in history.   

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

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

Dec 03   Bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist on this day in history.   

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

Dec 04   On this day in history the birth of Edgar Wallace, English writer   

Dec 04   William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail on this day in history.   

Dec 05   Sir Arthur Currie, the first Canadian commander of the Canadian Corps in WW1 is born on this day in history.   

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   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 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   In the year 1875 friedrich Niggli, composer   

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

Dec 19   In the year 1875 carter G Woodson, New Canton Va, American historian (black studies)   

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 on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1875 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   In the year 1875 birth of thomas Hicks, English/US marathon runner: (Olympic-gold-1904)   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945)   

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   Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

Jan 23   Charles Kingsley, English vicar/writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55 in the year 1875.   

Jan 25   Leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1875.   

Feb 01   In the year 1875 william Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58   

Feb 03   Everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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