Page 7: 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   Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms on this day in history.   

Nov 13   In the year 1875 national Bowling Association organized in NYC   

Nov 13   Rogelio del Villar, composer in the year 1875.   

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   Amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky & Col Olcott on this day in history.   

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

Nov 19   Michael I Kalinin, Russian metal worker/head of state in the year 1875.   

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

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   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   On this day in history frank Reicher, Munich Germany, actor (King Kong, Son of Kong)   

Dec 03   In the year 1875 bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist   

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

Dec 04   The birth of Edgar Wallace, English writer on this day in history.   

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

Dec 05   On this day in history sir Arthur Currie, the first Canadian commander of the Canadian Corps in WW1 is born   

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

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   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   Dobri Khristov, composer in the year 1875.   

Dec 15   Friedrich Niggli, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 17   On this day in history violent bread riots in Montreal   

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

Dec 20   On this day in history michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75   

Dec 20   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   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   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   On this day in history baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68   

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

Feb 01   In the year 1875 william Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58   

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 on this day in history.