Historical Events In 1875

Nov 07   Verney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa in the year 1875.   

Nov 10   Maude Eburne, Canada, actress (Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman) in the year 1875.   

Nov 13   Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms on this day in history.   

Nov 13   On this day in history national Bowling Association organized in NYC   

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

Nov 14   Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater on this day in history.   

Nov 16   On this day in history battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians   

Nov 17   Amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky & Col Olcott on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1875.   

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

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   In the year 1875 verney Cameroon reaches East Africa   

Dec 02   Frank Reicher, Munich Germany, actor (King Kong, Son of Kong) in the year 1875.   

Dec 03   Bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist on this day in history.   

Dec 04   In the year 1875 r M Rilke, writer   

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

Dec 04   William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail on this day in history.   

Dec 05   On this day in history sir Arthur Currie, the first Canadian commander of the Canadian Corps in WW1 is born   

Dec 06   In the year 1875 44th Congress (1875-77) convenes   

Dec 07   In the year 1875 natives Sons of the West organized   

Dec 08   Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St Petersburg in the year 1875.   

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

Dec 10   Otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84 in the year 1875.   

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

Dec 14   In the year 1875 dobri Khristov, composer   

Dec 15   On this day in history friedrich Niggli, composer   

Dec 17   In the year 1875 violent bread riots in Montreal   

Dec 19   Carter G Woodson, New Canton Va, American historian (black studies) in the year 1875.   

Dec 20   Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75 in the year 1875.   

Dec 20   In the year 1875 t F Powys, Wales, writer (Captain Patch, Goat Green)   

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   In the year 1875 birth of n F Druce, cricketer (5 Tests for England v Australia 1897-98)   

Jan 07   Thomas Hicks, English/US marathon runner: (Olympic-gold-1904) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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 in the year 1875.   

Feb 01   In the year 1875 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   Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33 on this day in history.