Page 5: Historical Events In 1875

Jul 19   On this day in history emma Abbott, a floating hospital for sick kids, makes trial trip, NYC   

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

Jul 26   Carl Gustav Jung, Switzerland, doctor (founded analytic psychology) on this day in history.   

Jul 30   James William Tate, composer in the year 1875.   

Jul 31   On this day in history andrew Johnson, 17th pres, dies in Tennessee at 66   

Jul 31   Harry Northrup, Paris France, actor (Who's That Knocking at My Door) on this day in history.   

Aug 02   In the year 1875 1st roller skating rink opens (London)   

Aug 04   Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70 in the year 1875.   

Aug 06   In the year 1875 marcel Labey, composer   

Aug 09   In the year 1875 albert William Ketelbey, Aston England, composer (Wonder Worker)   

Aug 10   Karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Aug 12   On this day in history ettore Panizza, composer   

Aug 14   Society of Regte Afrikaanders establishes in Paarl in the year 1875.   

Aug 15   Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast) on this day in history.   

Aug 18   Johan E Elias, historian (Amsterdam) in the year 1875.   

Aug 21   Maurice Lippens, Belgian earl/minister/governor of Congo on this day in history.   

Aug 22   The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands in the year 1875.   

Aug 25   In the year 1875 matthew Webb becomes 1st to swim English Channel (21h 45m)   

Aug 25   On this day in history matthew Webb becomes first to swim English Channel (21h 45m)   

Aug 26   John Buchan, Scotland, Gov-Gen of Canada/writer (Battle of Somme) in the year 1875.   

Aug 26   The birth of John Buchan, Scottish author on this day in history.   

Aug 31   Oskar Peschel, German geographer (Physicist Erdkunde), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

Sep 01   A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband on this day in history.   

Sep 01   Edgar Rice Burroughs, US, sci-fi author (Tarzan of Apes, Mars Saga) in the year 1875.   

Sep 01   The birth of Edgar Rice Burroughs, American novelist on this day in history.   

Sep 03   On this day in history ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche, Volkswagen)   

Sep 05   Napoleon "Larry" Lajoie, RI, hall of fame shortstop (.426 in 1901) on this day in history.   

Sep 09   In the year 1875 lotta's Fountain (Kearny & Market) dedicated   

Sep 09   In the year 1875 lotta's Fountain (Kearny &Market) dedicated   

Sep 10   In the year 1875 paul Scheinpflug, composer   

Sep 11   In the year 1875 1st newspaper cartoon strip   

Sep 11   First newspaper cartoon strip in the year 1875.   

Sep 15   Jeanne-Louise Farrenc, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1875.   

Sep 16   In the year 1875 james Cash Penney, department store founder (J C Penney)   

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Jan 01   In the year 1875 birth of charles Rist, French economist   

Jan 01   N F Druce, cricketer (5 Tests for England v Australia 1897-98) was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of reinhold Gliere, composer   

Jan 12   In the year 1875 birth of marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella)   

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   In the year 1875 joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55   

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   Leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 03   Everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Feb 17   Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33 in the year 1875.