Historical Events In 1875

Nov 07   On this day in history 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   On this day in history harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms  

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

Nov 13   In the year 1875 rogelio del Villar, composer  

Nov 14   In the year 1875 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 in the year 1875.  

Nov 17   In the year 1875 hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies  

Nov 19   In the year 1875 michael I Kalinin, Russian metal worker/head of state  

Nov 21   Friedrich A Lange, philosopher/socialist (Neo-Kantianism), dies at 67 in the year 1875.  

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

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   Wladyslaw Orkan, [Szmaciarz-Smreczynsky], Pol author (Nowele Zebrane) on this day in history.  

Nov 28   In the year 1875 verney Cameroon reaches East Africa  

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

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

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

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

Dec 04   On this day in history 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 in the year 1875.  

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

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

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

Dec 09   In the year 1875 massachusetts Rifle Association "America's Oldest Active Gun Club" is founded.  

Dec 10   On this day in history otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84  

Dec 12   Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian in the year 1875.  

Dec 14   Dobri Khristov, composer in the year 1875.  

Dec 15   Friedrich Niggli, composer in the year 1875.  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 09   On this day in history birth of gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (d. 1942)  

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

Jan 12   Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella) was born in the year 1875.  

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 in the year 1875.  

Jan 18   On this day in history joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55  

Jan 20   Jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814) died on this day in history.  

Jan 23   Charles Kingsley, English vicar/writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

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

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