Famous Deaths In 1875

Jan 03 On this day in history baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68

Jan 18 Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.

Jan 20 On this day in history death of jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814)

Jan 23 In the year 1875 charles Kingsley, English vicar/writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55

Jan 25 In the year 1875 leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79

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

Feb 03 Everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66 in the year 1875.

Feb 17 On this day in history luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33

Feb 19 In the year 1875 jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76

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

Mar 01 On this day in history death of tristan Corbière, French poet (b. 1845)

Mar 10 On this day in history louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer, dies at 84

Mar 18 On this day in history ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43

Mar 27 On this day in history death of edgar Quinet, French historian (b. 1803)

Mar 30 In the year 1875 marie Moke Pleyel, composer, dies at 63

Apr 07 Georg Herwegh, writer, dies at 57 in the year 1875.

Apr 11 In the year 1875 heinrich Schwabe, discoverer (11-year sunspot cycle), dies

Apr 24 On this day in history jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58

Apr 30 In the year 1875 death of jean Frederic Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)

May 05 On this day in history jan A C A van Nispen tot Sevenaer, Dutch MP (1848-75), dies at 71

May 17 John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States (b. 1821) died on this day in history.

May 20 Amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58 on this day in history.

May 23 Johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.

Jun 02 On this day in history death of józef Kremer, Polish messianistic philosopher (b. 1806)

Jun 03 Georges Bizet, French composer (b. 1838) died in the year 1875.

Jun 04 Eduard Mörike, German poet (b. 1804) died in the year 1875.

Jun 09 Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (b. 1795) died in the year 1875.

Jun 15 On this day in history johan Peter Cronhamm, composer, dies at 72

Jun 25 In the year 1875 death of antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (b. 1796)

Jun 29 In the year 1875 ferdinand I KLJM de Goedige, Emperor of Austria, dies at 82

Jul 09 Francis Preston Blair Jr, famed St Louis lawyer, dies at 54 in the year 1875.

Jul 17 On this day in history gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77

Jul 23 On this day in history isaac Merritt Singer, inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63

Jul 30 In the year 1875 death of george Pickett, American Confederate general (b. 1825)

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

Jan 01 N F Druce, cricketer (5 Tests for England v Australia 1897-98) was born in the year 1875.

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 on this day in history.

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

Jan 11 On this day in history birth of reinhold Gliere, composer

Jan 12 On this day in history birth of marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella)

Jan 14 In the year 1875 birth of albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1954)