Page 7: Historical Events In 1875

Nov 07   Verney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa on this day in history.   

Nov 10   In the year 1875 maude Eburne, Canada, actress (Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman)   

Nov 13   In the year 1875 harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms   

Nov 13   National Bowling Association organized in NYC on this day in history.   

Nov 13   Rogelio del Villar, composer on this day in history.   

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

Nov 16   In the year 1875 battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians   

Nov 17   In the year 1875 amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky & Col Olcott   

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   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) in the year 1875.   

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   Wladyslaw Orkan, [Szmaciarz-Smreczynsky], Pol author (Nowele Zebrane) in the year 1875.   

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

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   On this day in history r M Rilke, writer   

Dec 04   In the year 1875 the birth of Edgar Wallace, English writer   

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

Dec 05   On this day in history 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 in the year 1875.   

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

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

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   Violent bread riots in Montreal on this day in history.   

Dec 19   In the year 1875 carter G Woodson, New Canton Va, American historian (black studies)   

Dec 20   Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

Dec 22   On this day in history antoine Mariotte, composer   

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Jan 01   In the year 1875 birth of charles Rist, French economist   

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   Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1875 birth of gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (d. 1942)   

Jan 11   In the year 1875 birth of reinhold Gliere, composer   

Jan 12   Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella) was born on this day in history.   

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   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   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   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.