Page 7: Historical Events In 1875

Nov 07   In the year 1875 verney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa   

Nov 10   In the year 1875 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   In the year 1875 national Bowling Association organized in NYC   

Nov 13   In the year 1875 rogelio del Villar, composer   

Nov 14   On this day in history jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 19   On this day in history michael I Kalinin, Russian metal worker/head of state   

Nov 21   In the year 1875 friedrich A Lange, philosopher/socialist (Neo-Kantianism), dies at 67   

Nov 22   On this day in history elizabeth Patterson, Savannah TN, actress (Climax, Tall Story)   

Nov 25   In the year 1875 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   

Nov 27   On this day in history wladyslaw Orkan, [Szmaciarz-Smreczynsky], Pol author (Nowele Zebrane)   

Nov 28   Verney Cameroon reaches East Africa in the year 1875.   

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

Dec 03   Bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist in the year 1875.   

Dec 04   R M Rilke, writer in the year 1875.   

Dec 04   The birth of Edgar Wallace, English writer in the year 1875.   

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

Dec 05   In the year 1875 sir Arthur Currie, the first Canadian commander of the Canadian Corps in WW1 is born   

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 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   On this day in history desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian   

Dec 14   On this day in history dobri Khristov, composer   

Dec 15   On this day in history friedrich Niggli, composer   

Dec 17   Violent bread riots in Montreal on this day in history.   

Dec 19   Carter G Woodson, New Canton Va, American historian (black studies) on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1875 antoine Mariotte, composer   

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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 in the year 1875.   

Jan 07   In the year 1875 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   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   On this day in history charles Kingsley, English vicar/writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55   

Jan 25   In the year 1875 leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79   

Feb 01   William Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1875.   

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