Page 7: Historical Events In 1875

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

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   In the year 1875 national Bowling Association organized in NYC   

Nov 13   In the year 1875 rogelio del Villar, composer   

Nov 14   Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater on this day in history.   

Nov 16   Battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history wladyslaw Orkan, [Szmaciarz-Smreczynsky], Pol author (Nowele Zebrane)   

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

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

Dec 03   Bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist in the year 1875.   

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 in the year 1875.   

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

Dec 06   44th Congress (1875-77) convenes in the year 1875.   

Dec 07   Natives Sons of the West organized in the year 1875.   

Dec 08   In the year 1875 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   In the year 1875 desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian   

Dec 14   Dobri Khristov, composer in the year 1875.   

Dec 15   Friedrich Niggli, composer in the year 1875.   

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

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

Dec 20   Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

Dec 22   In the year 1875 antoine Mariotte, composer   

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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   Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (d. 1942) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 12   Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 14   Albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1954) was born on this day in history.   

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   Jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814) died on this day in history.   

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

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

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   On this day in history luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33