Famous Deaths Happened In 1875

Jan 03 On this day in history baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68  

Jan 18 Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1875.  

Jan 20 On this day in history death of jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814)  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 27 In the year 1875 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 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 24 On this day in history 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 In the year 1875 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 on this day in history.  

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

May 23 Johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Jun 02 In the year 1875 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 In the year 1875 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 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 Francis Preston Blair Jr, famed St Louis lawyer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1875.  

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Jan 01 Charles Rist, French economist was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of n F Druce, cricketer (5 Tests for England v Australia 1897-98)  

Jan 07 Thomas Hicks, English/US marathon runner: (Olympic-gold-1904) was born in the year 1875.  

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 In the year 1875 birth of reinhold Gliere, composer  

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)