Historical Events In 1875

Nov 07   On this day in history verney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa  

Nov 10   Maude Eburne, Canada, actress (Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman) in the year 1875.  

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

Nov 13   On this day in history 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   Battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians on this day in history.  

Nov 17   Amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky & Col Olcott in the year 1875.  

Nov 17   Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1875 wladyslaw Orkan, [Szmaciarz-Smreczynsky], Pol author (Nowele Zebrane)  

Nov 28   In the year 1875 verney Cameroon reaches East Africa  

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

Dec 03   On this day in history bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist  

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

Dec 04   The birth of Edgar Wallace, English writer on this day in history.  

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

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

Dec 08   On this day in history aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St Petersburg  

Dec 09   In the year 1875 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 on this day in history.  

Dec 14   Dobri Khristov, composer in the year 1875.  

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

Dec 17   Violent bread riots in Montreal in the year 1875.  

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

Dec 20   On this day in history michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75  

Dec 20   On this day in history t F Powys, Wales, writer (Captain Patch, Goat Green)  

Dec 22   Antoine Mariotte, composer in the year 1875.  

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Jan 01   Charles Rist, French economist was born in the year 1875.  

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 in the year 1875.  

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

Jan 09   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 14   Albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1954) was born in the year 1875.  

Jan 03   In the year 1875 baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68  

Jan 18   On this day in history joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55  

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

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 in the year 1875.