Page 7: Historical Events In 1875

Nov 07   In the year 1875 verney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa   

Nov 10   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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 in the year 1875.   

Nov 17   In the year 1875 hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies   

Nov 19   Michael I Kalinin, Russian metal worker/head of state in the year 1875.   

Nov 21   Friedrich A Lange, philosopher/socialist (Neo-Kantianism), dies at 67 in the year 1875.   

Nov 22   In the year 1875 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 on this day in history.   

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   Frank Reicher, Munich Germany, actor (King Kong, Son of Kong) in the year 1875.   

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   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   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   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   Otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84 in the year 1875.   

Dec 12   In the year 1875 desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian   

Dec 14   On this day in history dobri Khristov, composer   

Dec 15   In the year 1875 friedrich Niggli, composer   

Dec 17   On this day in history violent bread riots in Montreal   

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

Dec 20   In the year 1875 michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75   

Dec 20   In the year 1875 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   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   In the year 1875 birth of gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (d. 1942)   

Jan 11   In the year 1875 birth of reinhold Gliere, composer   

Jan 12   Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella) was born in the year 1875.   

Jan 14   On this day in history 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 in the year 1875.   

Jan 20   In the year 1875 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   In the year 1875 leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79   

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