Page 7: Historical Events In 1875

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.   

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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 in the year 1875.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   In the year 1875 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 in the year 1875.   

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

Jan 20   On this day in history death of jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814)   

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

Jan 25   Leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 03   Everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66 in the year 1875.   

Feb 17   Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33 in the year 1875.