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 On this day in history leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79  

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

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

Feb 17 Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33 on this day in history.  

Feb 19 On this day in history jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76  

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

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

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

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

Apr 07 Georg Herwegh, writer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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 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 in the year 1875.  

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

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

Jun 15 Johan Peter Cronhamm, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jul 23 Isaac Merritt Singer, inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63 in the year 1875.  

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

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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 On this day in history birth of thomas Hicks, English/US marathon runner: (Olympic-gold-1904)  

Jan 07 Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945) was born on this day in history.  

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)