Famous Deaths Happened In 1875

Jan 03 In the year 1875 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 Jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814) died on this day in history.  

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 William Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1875.  

Feb 03 In the year 1875 everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66  

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

Feb 19 Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Feb 22 Charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77 in the year 1875.  

Mar 01 Tristan Corbière, French poet (b. 1845) died on this day in history.  

Mar 10 Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Mar 18 Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43 in the year 1875.  

Mar 27 Edgar Quinet, French historian (b. 1803) died in the year 1875.  

Mar 30 On this day in history marie Moke Pleyel, composer, dies at 63  

Apr 07 On this day in history georg Herwegh, writer, dies at 57  

Apr 11 On this day in history heinrich Schwabe, discoverer (11-year sunspot cycle), dies  

Apr 24 In the year 1875 jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58  

Apr 30 Jean Frederic Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766) died in the year 1875.  

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 in the year 1875.  

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

May 23 In the year 1875 johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer, dies at 78  

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

Jun 03 On this day in history death of georges Bizet, French composer (b. 1838)  

Jun 04 On this day in history death of eduard Mörike, German poet (b. 1804)  

Jun 09 Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (b. 1795) died on this day in history.  

Jun 15 In the year 1875 johan Peter Cronhamm, composer, dies at 72  

Jun 25 Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (b. 1796) died in the year 1875.  

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

Jul 09 In the year 1875 francis Preston Blair Jr, famed St Louis lawyer, dies at 54  

Jul 17 Gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1875.  

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

Jul 30 George Pickett, American Confederate general (b. 1825) died on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1875.  

Jan 09 In the year 1875 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 Albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1954) was born in the year 1875.