Historical Events In 1875

Jul 19   Emma Abbott, a floating hospital for sick kids, makes trial trip, NYC in the year 1875.   

Jul 23   Isaac Merritt Singer, inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Jul 26   In the year 1875 carl Gustav Jung, Switzerland, doctor (founded analytic psychology)   

Jul 30   In the year 1875 james William Tate, composer   

Jul 31   In the year 1875 andrew Johnson, 17th pres, dies in Tennessee at 66   

Jul 31   On this day in history harry Northrup, Paris France, actor (Who's That Knocking at My Door)   

Aug 02   In the year 1875 1st roller skating rink opens (London)   

Aug 04   Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70 in the year 1875.   

Aug 06   In the year 1875 marcel Labey, composer   

Aug 09   On this day in history albert William Ketelbey, Aston England, composer (Wonder Worker)   

Aug 10   Karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Aug 12   Ettore Panizza, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 14   In the year 1875 society of Regte Afrikaanders establishes in Paarl   

Aug 15   Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast) in the year 1875.   

Aug 18   Johan E Elias, historian (Amsterdam) in the year 1875.   

Aug 21   In the year 1875 maurice Lippens, Belgian earl/minister/governor of Congo   

Aug 22   In the year 1875 the Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.   

Aug 25   Matthew Webb becomes 1st to swim English Channel (21h 45m) on this day in history.   

Aug 25   Matthew Webb becomes first to swim English Channel (21h 45m) in the year 1875.   

Aug 26   John Buchan, Scotland, Gov-Gen of Canada/writer (Battle of Somme) in the year 1875.   

Aug 26   The birth of John Buchan, Scottish author on this day in history.   

Aug 31   In the year 1875 oskar Peschel, German geographer (Physicist Erdkunde), dies at 49   

Sep 01   On this day in history a murder conviction effectively forces the violent Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband.   

Sep 01   Edgar Rice Burroughs, US, sci-fi author (Tarzan of Apes, Mars Saga) in the year 1875.   

Sep 01   On this day in history the birth of Edgar Rice Burroughs, American novelist   

Sep 03   In the year 1875 ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche, Volkswagen)   

Sep 05   On this day in history napoleon "Larry" Lajoie, RI, hall of fame shortstop (.426 in 1901)   

Sep 09   On this day in history lotta's Fountain (Kearny & Market) dedicated   

Sep 09   Lotta's Fountain (Kearny &Market) dedicated in the year 1875.   

Sep 10   Paul Scheinpflug, composer in the year 1875.   

Sep 11   1st newspaper cartoon strip in the year 1875.   

Sep 11   First newspaper cartoon strip on this day in history.   

Sep 15   Jeanne-Louise Farrenc, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1875.   

Sep 16   On this day in history james Cash Penney, department store founder (J C Penney)   

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Jan 01   Charles Rist, French economist was born in the year 1875.   

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

Jan 07   In the year 1875 birth of thomas Hicks, English/US marathon runner: (Olympic-gold-1904)   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945)   

Jan 09   Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American socialite (d. 1942) was born in the year 1875.   

Jan 11   In the year 1875 birth of reinhold Gliere, composer   

Jan 12   Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella) was born in the year 1875.   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1954)   

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   In the year 1875 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   On this day in history leopold Jansa, composer, dies at 79   

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   In the year 1875 luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33