Historical Events In 1875

Nov 07   Verney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1875 national Bowling Association organized in NYC   

Nov 13   Rogelio del Villar, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 14   On this day in history jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater   

Nov 16   Battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians on this day in history.   

Nov 17   In the year 1875 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   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) in the year 1875.   

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1875.   

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   In the year 1875 44th Congress (1875-77) convenes   

Dec 07   In the year 1875 natives Sons of the West organized   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Dec 14   In the year 1875 dobri Khristov, composer   

Dec 15   On this day in history friedrich Niggli, composer   

Dec 17   In the year 1875 violent bread riots in Montreal   

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

Dec 20   In the year 1875 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   In the year 1875 antoine Mariotte, composer   

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Jan 01   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945)   

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   Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 14   Albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1954) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1875 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 in the year 1875.   

Jan 23   In the year 1875 charles Kingsley, English vicar/writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55   

Jan 25   In the year 1875 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 on this day in history.   

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