Famous Deaths Happened In 1875

Jan 03 Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 20 On this day in history 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 In the year 1875 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 17 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 10 Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1875.  

Mar 18 Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 30 Marie Moke Pleyel, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1875.  

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

Apr 11 Heinrich Schwabe, discoverer (11-year sunspot cycle), dies in the year 1875.  

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

Apr 30 On this day in history death of jean Frederic Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)  

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

May 17 On this day in history death of john C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States (b. 1821)  

May 20 In the year 1875 amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58  

May 23 On this day in history johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer, dies at 78  

Jun 02 Józef Kremer, Polish messianistic philosopher (b. 1806) died on this day in history.  

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

Jun 04 In the year 1875 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 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 Ferdinand I KLJM de Goedige, Emperor of Austria, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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

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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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 11 Reinhold Gliere, composer was born in the year 1875.  

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 on this day in history.