Famous Deaths Happened In 1875

Jan 03 Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68 in the year 1875.  

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

Jan 20 Jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814) died in the year 1875.  

Jan 23 Charles Kingsley, English vicar/writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

Jan 25 Leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Feb 01 William Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 17 Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33 in the year 1875.  

Feb 19 Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76 in the year 1875.  

Feb 22 In the year 1875 charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77  

Mar 01 Tristan Corbière, French poet (b. 1845) died in the year 1875.  

Mar 10 In the year 1875 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 On this day in history marie Moke Pleyel, composer, dies at 63  

Apr 07 In the year 1875 georg Herwegh, writer, dies at 57  

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

Apr 24 Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Apr 30 Jean Frederic Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766) died on this day in history.  

May 05 Jan A C A van Nispen tot Sevenaer, Dutch MP (1848-75), dies at 71 in the year 1875.  

May 17 In the year 1875 death of john C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States (b. 1821)  

May 20 On this day in history amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58  

May 23 Johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1875.  

Jun 02 Józef Kremer, Polish messianistic philosopher (b. 1806) died in the year 1875.  

Jun 03 In the year 1875 death of georges Bizet, French composer (b. 1838)  

Jun 04 Eduard Mörike, German poet (b. 1804) died on this day in history.  

Jun 09 On this day in history death of gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (b. 1795)  

Jun 15 Johan Peter Cronhamm, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1875.  

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

Jun 29 On this day in history ferdinand I KLJM de Goedige, Emperor of Austria, dies at 82  

Jul 09 Francis Preston Blair Jr, famed St Louis lawyer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

Jul 17 In the year 1875 gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77  

Jul 23 Isaac Merritt Singer, inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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)