Historical Events In 1875

Nov 07   Verney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa on this day in history.  

Nov 10   Maude Eburne, Canada, actress (Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman) on this day in history.  

Nov 13   Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms on this day in history.  

Nov 13   National Bowling Association organized in NYC on this day in history.  

Nov 13   On this day in history rogelio del Villar, composer  

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

Nov 19   On this day in history michael I Kalinin, Russian metal worker/head of state  

Nov 21   Friedrich A Lange, philosopher/socialist (Neo-Kantianism), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 28   On this day in history verney Cameroon reaches East Africa  

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

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

Dec 04   R M Rilke, writer on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1875 sir Arthur Currie, the first Canadian commander of the Canadian Corps in WW1 is born  

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

Dec 07   On this day in history natives Sons of the West organized  

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   On this day in history otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84  

Dec 12   Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian in the year 1875.  

Dec 14   Dobri Khristov, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 15   Friedrich Niggli, composer on this day in history.  

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

Dec 19   On this day in history carter G Woodson, New Canton Va, American historian (black studies)  

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

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

Dec 22   In the year 1875 antoine Mariotte, composer  

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

Jan 07   Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945) was born in the year 1875.  

Jan 09   Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (d. 1942) was born in the year 1875.  

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

Jan 12   In the year 1875 birth of marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 18   In the year 1875 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 03   On this day in history everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66  

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