Page 7: Historical Events In 1875

Nov 07   On this day in history verney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa   

Nov 10   On this day in history maude Eburne, Canada, actress (Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman)   

Nov 13   Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms in the year 1875.   

Nov 13   National Bowling Association organized in NYC in the year 1875.   

Nov 13   Rogelio del Villar, composer in the year 1875.   

Nov 14   Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater in the year 1875.   

Nov 16   Battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians on this day in history.   

Nov 17   Amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky & Col Olcott in the year 1875.   

Nov 17   On this day in history hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies   

Nov 19   Michael I Kalinin, Russian metal worker/head of state on this day in history.   

Nov 21   Friedrich A Lange, philosopher/socialist (Neo-Kantianism), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Nov 22   Elizabeth Patterson, Savannah TN, actress (Climax, Tall Story) on this day in history.   

Nov 25   Financial difficulties force the ruler of Egypt to seel his shares in the Suez Canal to England and France giving them effective control of the waterway on this day in history.   

Nov 27   In the year 1875 wladyslaw Orkan, [Szmaciarz-Smreczynsky], Pol author (Nowele Zebrane)   

Nov 28   Verney Cameroon reaches East Africa on this day in history.   

Dec 02   Frank Reicher, Munich Germany, actor (King Kong, Son of Kong) on this day in history.   

Dec 03   On this day in history bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist   

Dec 04   R M Rilke, writer on this day in history.   

Dec 04   The birth of Edgar Wallace, English writer on this day in history.   

Dec 04   In the year 1875 william Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail   

Dec 05   Sir Arthur Currie, the first Canadian commander of the Canadian Corps in WW1 is born on this day in history.   

Dec 06   On this day in history 44th Congress (1875-77) convenes   

Dec 07   Natives Sons of the West organized on this day in history.   

Dec 08   Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St Petersburg on this day in history.   

Dec 09   Massachusetts Rifle Association "America's Oldest Active Gun Club" is founded on this day in history.   

Dec 10   In the year 1875 otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84   

Dec 12   Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian on this day in history.   

Dec 14   On this day in history dobri Khristov, composer   

Dec 15   Friedrich Niggli, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 17   On this day in history violent bread riots in Montreal   

Dec 19   On this day in history carter G Woodson, New Canton Va, American historian (black studies)   

Dec 20   In the year 1875 michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75   

Dec 20   T F Powys, Wales, writer (Captain Patch, Goat Green) in the year 1875.   

Dec 22   Antoine Mariotte, composer 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   In the year 1875 birth of thomas Hicks, English/US marathon runner: (Olympic-gold-1904)   

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   Albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1954) was born in the year 1875.   

Jan 03   Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68 in the year 1875.   

Jan 18   In the year 1875 joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55   

Jan 20   Jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814) died in the year 1875.   

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   On this day in history everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66   

Feb 17   In the year 1875 luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33