Historical Events In 1875

Feb 18   Walter Andrae, German archaeologist (Babylon, Assur) in the year 1875.  

Feb 19   Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Feb 21   Jeanne Louise Calment, France, world's oldest woman (died at 122) on this day in history.  

Feb 22   Charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Feb 23   On this day in history jozef E Stokvis, journalist/Dutch MP (SDAP)  

Feb 24   On this day in history the SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high profile civil servants and dignitaries.  

Feb 25   On this day in history kiowa Indians under Lone Wolf (Guipago) surrender at Ft Sill  

Feb 26   Emma Dunn, actress (Dr Monica, Dr Kildare's Strange Case, Hideaway) in the year 1875.  

Feb 28   On this day in history viliam Figus, composer  

Mar 01   In the year 1875 congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Court, 1883  

Mar 01   Congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Ct, 1883 on this day in history.  

Mar 02   In the year 1875 hans Lietzman, German theologist/church historian  

Mar 03   In the year 1875 1st recorded hockey game (Montreal)  

Mar 03   On this day in history congress authorizes 20¢ coin, lasts only 3 years  

Mar 03   In the year 1875 first recorded hockey game (Montréal)  

Mar 03   Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris France) in the year 1875.  

Mar 04   On this day in history alberto Vaccari, Italian jesuit/old testament scholar/interpreter  

Mar 07   German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed on this day in history.  

Mar 07   In the year 1875 the birth of Maurice Ravel, French composer  

Mar 09   On this day in history martin Fallas Shaw, composer  

Mar 10   Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser, composer on this day in history.  

Mar 10   In the year 1875 louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer, dies at 84  

Mar 12   Julio Garreta, composer in the year 1875.  

Mar 13   In the year 1875 maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane)  

Mar 14   In the year 1875 isadore Gilbert Mudge, US, librarian/author (Thackeray Dictionary)  

Mar 14   Smetana's "Vysehrad," premieres on this day in history.  

Mar 15   On this day in history 1st US cardinal (John McCloskey) invested  

Mar 15   In the year 1875 first US cardinal (John McCloskey) invested  

Mar 18   In the year 1875 ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43  

Mar 25   In the year 1875 spencer Charters, Duncannon PA, actor (3 Faces West)  

Mar 26   Syngman Rhee, pres of South Korea (1948-60) [or Apr 26] in the year 1875.  

Mar 29   Lou Henry Hoover, 1st lady (1929-33) in the year 1875.  

Mar 30   On this day in history marie Moke Pleyel, composer, dies at 63  

Apr 01   Edgar Wallace, England, novelist/playwright/journalist (Terror) on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1875 birth of charles Rist, French economist  

Jan 01   In the year 1875 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   On this day in history birth of gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (d. 1942)  

Jan 11   Reinhold Gliere, composer was born in the year 1875.  

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

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

Feb 01   William Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1875.  

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

Feb 17   Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33 on this day in history.