Historical Events In 1875

Nov 07   Verney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa in the year 1875.   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 13   In the year 1875 national Bowling Association organized in NYC   

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

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

Nov 16   In the year 1875 battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians   

Nov 17   In the year 1875 amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky & Col Olcott   

Nov 17   On this day in history 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   In the year 1875 friedrich A Lange, philosopher/socialist (Neo-Kantianism), dies at 67   

Nov 22   In the year 1875 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   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   Frank Reicher, Munich Germany, actor (King Kong, Son of Kong) on this day in history.   

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

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

Dec 04   In the year 1875 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 on this day in history.   

Dec 07   In the year 1875 natives Sons of the West organized   

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   On this day in history desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian   

Dec 14   Dobri Khristov, composer in the year 1875.   

Dec 15   In the year 1875 friedrich Niggli, composer   

Dec 17   In the year 1875 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 in the year 1875.   

Dec 20   T F Powys, Wales, writer (Captain Patch, Goat Green) in the year 1875.   

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   N F Druce, cricketer (5 Tests for England v Australia 1897-98) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Thomas Hicks, English/US marathon runner: (Olympic-gold-1904) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 09   In the year 1875 birth of gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (d. 1942)   

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

Jan 20   Jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814) died on this day in history.   

Jan 23   Charles Kingsley, English vicar/writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   On this day in history leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79   

Feb 01   On this day in history william Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58   

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