Famous Deaths Happened In 1875

Jan 03 Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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 Charles Kingsley, English vicar/writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55 in the year 1875.  

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

Feb 19 In the year 1875 jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76  

Feb 22 In the year 1875 charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77  

Mar 01 On this day in history death of tristan Corbière, French poet (b. 1845)  

Mar 10 On this day in history louis Joseph Daussoigne-Mehul, composer, dies at 84  

Mar 18 Ferdinand Laub, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

Mar 27 Edgar Quinet, French historian (b. 1803) died in the year 1875.  

Mar 30 Marie Moke Pleyel, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Apr 07 Georg Herwegh, writer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Apr 11 Heinrich Schwabe, discoverer (11-year sunspot cycle), dies on this day in history.  

Apr 24 In the year 1875 jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58  

Apr 30 Jean Frederic Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766) died in the year 1875.  

May 05 Jan A C A van Nispen tot Sevenaer, Dutch MP (1848-75), dies at 71 in the year 1875.  

May 17 In the year 1875 death of john C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States (b. 1821)  

May 20 In the year 1875 amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58  

May 23 In the year 1875 johann Wilhelm Mangold, composer, dies at 78  

Jun 02 On this day in history death of józef Kremer, Polish messianistic philosopher (b. 1806)  

Jun 03 In the year 1875 death of georges Bizet, French composer (b. 1838)  

Jun 04 In the year 1875 death of eduard Mörike, German poet (b. 1804)  

Jun 09 Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (b. 1795) died in the year 1875.  

Jun 15 Johan Peter Cronhamm, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Jun 25 On this day in history death of antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (b. 1796)  

Jun 29 On this day in history ferdinand I KLJM de Goedige, Emperor of Austria, dies at 82  

Jul 09 Francis Preston Blair Jr, famed St Louis lawyer, dies at 54 in the year 1875.  

Jul 17 Gabor Matray, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1875.  

Jul 23 Isaac Merritt Singer, inventor (sewing machine), dies at 63 in the year 1875.  

Jul 30 George Pickett, American Confederate general (b. 1825) died on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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