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 on this day in history.   

Jul 26   On this day in history carl Gustav Jung, Switzerland, doctor (founded analytic psychology)   

Jul 30   James William Tate, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 31   Andrew Johnson, 17th pres, dies in Tennessee at 66 in the year 1875.   

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

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

Aug 04   Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Aug 06   Marcel Labey, composer in the year 1875.   

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

Aug 10   On this day in history karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66   

Aug 12   On this day in history ettore Panizza, composer   

Aug 14   On this day in history society of Regte Afrikaanders establishes in Paarl   

Aug 15   On this day in history samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast)   

Aug 18   On this day in history johan E Elias, historian (Amsterdam)   

Aug 21   On this day in history maurice Lippens, Belgian earl/minister/governor of Congo   

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

Aug 25   Matthew Webb becomes 1st to swim English Channel (21h 45m) on this day in history.   

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) on this day in history.   

Aug 26   In the year 1875 the birth of John Buchan, Scottish author   

Aug 31   In the year 1875 oskar Peschel, German geographer (Physicist Erdkunde), dies at 49   

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

Sep 01   On this day in history edgar Rice Burroughs, US, sci-fi author (Tarzan of Apes, Mars Saga)   

Sep 01   On this day in history the birth of Edgar Rice Burroughs, American novelist   

Sep 03   In the year 1875 ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche, Volkswagen)   

Sep 05   Napoleon "Larry" Lajoie, RI, hall of fame shortstop (.426 in 1901) in the year 1875.   

Sep 09   Lotta's Fountain (Kearny & Market) dedicated in the year 1875.   

Sep 09   Lotta's Fountain (Kearny &Market) dedicated on this day in history.   

Sep 10   In the year 1875 paul Scheinpflug, composer   

Sep 11   In the year 1875 1st newspaper cartoon strip   

Sep 11   On this day in history first newspaper cartoon strip   

Sep 15   On this day in history jeanne-Louise Farrenc, composer, dies at 71   

Sep 16   James Cash Penney, department store founder (J C Penney) in the year 1875.   

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of thomas Hicks, English/US marathon runner: (Olympic-gold-1904)   

Jan 07   In the year 1875 birth of gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945)   

Jan 09   Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (d. 1942) was born in the year 1875.   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of reinhold Gliere, composer   

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella)   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1954)   

Jan 03   Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 20   In the year 1875 death of jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814)   

Jan 23   In the year 1875 charles Kingsley, English vicar/writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55   

Jan 25   Leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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.