Page 7: Historical Events In 1875

Nov 07   In the year 1875 verney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa   

Nov 10   Maude Eburne, Canada, actress (Ladies They Talk About, Guardsman) in the year 1875.   

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   In the year 1875 rogelio del Villar, composer   

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

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

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

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   William Marcy "Boss" Tweed (NYC-Tammany Hall) escapes from jail in the year 1875.   

Dec 05   In the year 1875 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   On this day in history natives Sons of the West organized   

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

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

Dec 10   Otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84 on this day in history.   

Dec 12   Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian in the year 1875.   

Dec 14   On this day in history dobri Khristov, composer   

Dec 15   In the year 1875 friedrich Niggli, composer   

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

Dec 19   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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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 on this day in history.   

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   Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (d. 1942) was born in the year 1875.   

Jan 11   On this day in history 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 in the year 1875.   

Jan 03   In the year 1875 baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68   

Jan 18   Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   Jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814) died in the year 1875.   

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   Everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Feb 17   On this day in history luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33