Historical Events In 1875

Nov 07   On this day in history verney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa  

Nov 10   Maude Eburne, Canada, actress (Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman) on this day in history.  

Nov 13   Harvard-Yale game is 1st college football contest with uniforms in the year 1875.  

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 in the year 1875.  

Nov 17   Amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky & Col Olcott on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1875.  

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   On this day in history 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) in the year 1875.  

Nov 28   On this day in history verney Cameroon reaches East Africa  

Dec 02   In the year 1875 frank Reicher, Munich Germany, actor (King Kong, Son of Kong)  

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

Dec 04   R M Rilke, writer in the year 1875.  

Dec 04   On this day in history the birth of Edgar Wallace, English writer  

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

Dec 05   Sir Arthur Currie, the first Canadian commander of the Canadian Corps in WW1 is born on this day in history.  

Dec 06   44th Congress (1875-77) convenes on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1875 desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian  

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) on this day in history.  

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

Dec 20   In the year 1875 t F Powys, Wales, writer (Captain Patch, Goat Green)  

Dec 22   In the year 1875 antoine Mariotte, composer  

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

Jan 01   N F Druce, cricketer (5 Tests for England v Australia 1897-98) was born in the year 1875.  

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   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   In the year 1875 charles Kingsley, English vicar/writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55  

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.