Historical Events In 1875

Feb 19   Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76 in the year 1875.  

Feb 21   On this day in history jeanne Louise Calment, France, world's oldest woman (died at 122)  

Feb 22   Charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77 in the year 1875.  

Feb 23   Jozef E Stokvis, journalist/Dutch MP (SDAP) on this day in history.  

Feb 24   On this day in history the SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high profile civil servants and dignitaries.  

Feb 25   Kiowa Indians under Lone Wolf (Guipago) surrender at Ft Sill in the year 1875.  

Feb 26   Emma Dunn, actress (Dr Monica, Dr Kildare's Strange Case, Hideaway) on this day in history.  

Feb 28   Viliam Figus, composer in the year 1875.  

Mar 01   In the year 1875 congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Court, 1883  

Mar 01   On this day in history congress passes Civil Rights Act; invalidated by Supreme Ct, 1883  

Mar 02   On this day in history hans Lietzman, German theologist/church historian  

Mar 03   1st recorded hockey game (Montreal) on this day in history.  

Mar 03   Congress authorizes 20¢ coin, lasts only 3 years on this day in history.  

Mar 03   First recorded hockey game (Montréal) in the year 1875.  

Mar 03   On this day in history georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" premieres (Paris France)  

Mar 04   On this day in history alberto Vaccari, Italian jesuit/old testament scholar/interpreter  

Mar 07   German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed on this day in history.  

Mar 07   The birth of Maurice Ravel, French composer on this day in history.  

Mar 09   In the year 1875 martin Fallas Shaw, composer  

Mar 10   In the year 1875 alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser, composer  

Mar 10   Louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Mar 12   In the year 1875 julio Garreta, composer  

Mar 13   In the year 1875 maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane)  

Mar 14   In the year 1875 isadore Gilbert Mudge, US, librarian/author (Thackeray Dictionary)  

Mar 14   Smetana's "Vysehrad," premieres on this day in history.  

Mar 15   1st US cardinal (John McCloskey) invested on this day in history.  

Mar 15   First US cardinal (John McCloskey) invested on this day in history.  

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

Mar 25   In the year 1875 spencer Charters, Duncannon PA, actor (3 Faces West)  

Mar 26   Syngman Rhee, pres of South Korea (1948-60) [or Apr 26] on this day in history.  

Mar 29   In the year 1875 lou Henry Hoover, 1st lady (1929-33)  

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

Apr 01   In the year 1875 edgar Wallace, England, novelist/playwright/journalist (Terror)  

Apr 01   On this day in history the Times of London becomes the first newspaper to print a daily weather chart.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history 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 in the year 1875.  

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 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 in the year 1875.  

Jan 03   In the year 1875 baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68  

Jan 18   Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

Jan 20   Jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814) died on this day in history.  

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   William Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1875.  

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