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 In the year 1875 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 On this day in history leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79  

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

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 in the year 1875.  

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

Mar 01 In the year 1875 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 In the year 1875 ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43  

Mar 27 Edgar Quinet, French historian (b. 1803) died on this day in history.  

Mar 30 Marie Moke Pleyel, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 11 Heinrich Schwabe, discoverer (11-year sunspot cycle), dies on this day in history.  

Apr 24 Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1875.  

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

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

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 in the year 1875.  

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

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

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 In the year 1875 death of gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (b. 1795)  

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

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

Jun 29 Ferdinand I KLJM de Goedige, Emperor of Austria, dies at 82 in the year 1875.  

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

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 On this day in history birth of charles Rist, French economist  

Jan 01 In the year 1875 birth of n F Druce, cricketer (5 Tests for England v Australia 1897-98)  

Jan 07 In the year 1875 birth of thomas Hicks, English/US marathon runner: (Olympic-gold-1904)  

Jan 07 Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945) was born in the year 1875.  

Jan 09 On this day in history birth of gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (d. 1942)  

Jan 11 In the year 1875 birth of reinhold Gliere, composer  

Jan 12 Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella) was born in the year 1875.  

Jan 14 Albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1954) was born on this day in history.