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 In the year 1875 death of jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814)  

Jan 23 Charles Kingsley, English vicar/writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55 in the year 1875.  

Jan 25 On this day in history leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79  

Feb 01 In the year 1875 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 In the year 1875 luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33  

Feb 19 In the year 1875 jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76  

Feb 22 Charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Mar 01 In the year 1875 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 On this day in history ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

May 17 In the year 1875 death of john C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States (b. 1821)  

May 20 On this day in history 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 in the year 1875.  

Jun 03 Georges Bizet, French composer (b. 1838) died on this day in history.  

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

Jun 25 Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (b. 1796) died on this day in history.  

Jun 29 Ferdinand I KLJM de Goedige, Emperor of Austria, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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

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 On this day in history death of george Pickett, American Confederate general (b. 1825)  

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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 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 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (d. 1942) was born in the year 1875.  

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

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.