Historical Events In 1875

Apr 01   The Times of London becomes the first newspaper to print a daily weather chart in the year 1875.   

Apr 02   In the year 1875 walter Chrysler, Wamego, Kansas, founder of car company Chrysler   

Apr 04   On this day in history jozef Szulc, composer   

Apr 07   Georg Herwegh, writer, dies at 57 in the year 1875.   

Apr 08   In the year 1875 albert I LCMM von Saksen-Coburg, king of Belgium (1909-34)   

Apr 10   In the year 1875 regina Saskatchewan the Northwest Mounted Police ordered to build a post on the site of the city of Calgary.   

Apr 11   In the year 1875 heinrich Schwabe, discoverer (11-year sunspot cycle), dies   

Apr 15   Klaziena "Ina" Boudier-Bakker, Dutch playwright/novelist (Poverty) in the year 1875.   

Apr 17   "Snooker" (variation of pool) invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain in the year 1875.   

Apr 24   On this day in history jeno Huszka, composer   

Apr 24   Jose Maria de la Purificacion Ventura, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1875.   

Apr 25   On this day in history latest date for measurable snow in NYC (3")   

Apr 26   In the year 1875 first scheduled train over the Prince Edward Island Railway from Charlottetown to Georgetown.   

Apr 26   Syngman Rhee, South Korea, pres of South Korea (1948-60) [or Mar 26] in the year 1875.   

Apr 27   In the year 1875 andre Baillon, Belgian/French author (Un homme si simple)   

May 01   In the year 1875 238 members of "Whiskey Ring" accused of anti-US activities   

May 04   In the year 1875 ramiro de Maeztu y Whitney, Spanish writer (Don Quixote & Celestine)   

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

May 06   On this day in history william Daniel Leahy, Iowa, 5 star admiral/chief of staff (1949)   

May 07   German SS Schiller sinks near Scilly Islands, 312 killed in the year 1875.   

May 11   George "Charmer" Zettlein pitches the 1st 9 inning shutout in the year 1875.   

May 12   1st recorded shutout in pro baseball, Chicago 1, St Louis 0 on this day in history.   

May 16   In the year 1875 quake in Venezuela & Colombia kills 16,000   

May 17   On this day in history 1st Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.75   

May 17   In the first running of the Kentucky Derby today, Aristides wins in 2 37 75 in the year 1875.   

May 17   In the first running of the Kentucky Derby today, Aristides wins in 2:37 75 in the year 1875.   

May 18   In the year 1875 guido Alberto Fano, composer   

May 20   On this day in history amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58   

May 20   In the year 1875 international Bureau of Weights & Measures established by treaty   

May 20   In the year 1875 intl Bureau of Weights & Measures forms by treaty   

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

May 28   On this day in history 3rd Preakness: L Hughes aboard Tom Ochiltree wins in 2:43.5   

May 31   Italo Montemezzi, composer in the year 1875.   

Jun 01   On this day in history ceremony of turning the first sod on the Canadian Pacific Railway on the left bank of the Kamistiquia River in the townsite of Fort William about four miles from the river's mouth.   

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

Jan 01   In the year 1875 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   In the year 1875 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   Reinhold Gliere, composer was born in the year 1875.   

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella)   

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

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 in the year 1875.   

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   In the year 1875 william Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58   

Feb 03   On this day in history everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66   

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