Page 7: Historical Events In 1875
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
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 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 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 in the year 1875.
Nov 17 On this day in history amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky & Col Olcott
Nov 17 Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies on this day in history.
Nov 19 Michael I Kalinin, Russian metal worker/head of state on this day in history.
Nov 21 On this day in history friedrich A Lange, philosopher/socialist (Neo-Kantianism), dies at 67
Nov 22 In the year 1875 elizabeth Patterson, Savannah TN, actress (Climax, Tall Story)
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 On this day in history wladyslaw Orkan, [Szmaciarz-Smreczynsky], Pol author (Nowele Zebrane)
Nov 28 On this day in history verney Cameroon reaches East Africa
Dec 02 On this day in history frank Reicher, Munich Germany, actor (King Kong, Son of Kong)
Dec 03 Bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist in the year 1875.
Dec 04 R M Rilke, writer on this day in history.
Dec 04 On this day in history the birth of Edgar Wallace, English writer
Dec 04 On this day in history william Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail
Dec 05 In the year 1875 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 On this day in history natives Sons of the West organized
Dec 08 Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St Petersburg on this day in history.
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 Dobri Khristov, composer on this day in history.
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) on this day in history.
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.