Historical Events In 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 in the year 1875.  

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

Nov 13   In the year 1875 rogelio del Villar, composer  

Nov 14   On this day in history jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 22   Elizabeth Patterson, Savannah TN, actress (Climax, Tall Story) on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Nov 27   In the year 1875 wladyslaw Orkan, [Szmaciarz-Smreczynsky], Pol author (Nowele Zebrane)  

Nov 28   Verney Cameroon reaches East Africa in the year 1875.  

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   R M Rilke, writer on this day in history.  

Dec 04   On this day in history the birth of Edgar Wallace, English writer  

Dec 04   In the year 1875 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   44th Congress (1875-77) convenes in the year 1875.  

Dec 07   Natives Sons of the West organized on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1875 dobri Khristov, composer  

Dec 15   In the year 1875 friedrich Niggli, composer  

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history antoine Mariotte, composer  

Dec 22   In the year 1875 nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer, dies at 75  

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Jan 01   Charles Rist, French economist was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   N F Druce, cricketer (5 Tests for England v Australia 1897-98) was born on this day in history.  

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 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   In the year 1875 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 in the year 1875.  

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

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 in the year 1875.  

Feb 17   In the year 1875 luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33