Page 7: Historical Events In 1875

Nov 07   On this day in history 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 in the year 1875.   

Nov 13   National Bowling Association organized in NYC in the year 1875.   

Nov 13   In the year 1875 rogelio del Villar, composer   

Nov 14   Jakob Schaffner, Swiss writer: Conrad Pilater on this day in history.   

Nov 16   On this day in history battle at Gundet: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians   

Nov 17   In the year 1875 amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky & Col Olcott   

Nov 17   In the year 1875 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   Friedrich A Lange, philosopher/socialist (Neo-Kantianism), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Nov 22   In the year 1875 elizabeth Patterson, Savannah TN, actress (Climax, Tall Story)   

Nov 25   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 on this day in history.   

Nov 27   On this day in history wladyslaw Orkan, [Szmaciarz-Smreczynsky], Pol author (Nowele Zebrane)   

Nov 28   Verney Cameroon reaches East Africa on this day in history.   

Dec 02   Frank Reicher, Munich Germany, actor (King Kong, Son of Kong) on this day in history.   

Dec 03   In the year 1875 bernhard Lichtenberg, German clergyman/antifascist   

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

Dec 07   On this day in history natives Sons of the West organized   

Dec 08   On this day in history aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Volki i Ovsty," premieres in St Petersburg   

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

Dec 10   On this day in history otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84   

Dec 12   In the year 1875 desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian   

Dec 14   Dobri Khristov, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 15   Friedrich Niggli, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 17   Violent bread riots in Montreal in the year 1875.   

Dec 19   On this day in history carter G Woodson, New Canton Va, American historian (black studies)   

Dec 20   Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75 in the year 1875.   

Dec 20   In the year 1875 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   Charles Rist, French economist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 1875 birth of n F Druce, cricketer (5 Tests for England v Australia 1897-98)   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of thomas Hicks, English/US marathon runner: (Olympic-gold-1904)   

Jan 07   Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945) was born in the year 1875.   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (opera's buff), dies at 68   

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   Charles Kingsley, English vicar/writer (Westward Ho!), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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   Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33 on this day in history.