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| align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1872 1873 1874 - 1875 - 1876 1877 1878
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| align="center" colspan=2 | 1850s 1860s - 1870s ''' - 1880s 1890s 1900s
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| align="center" | - 19th Century ''' - 20th Century
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1875 (''' MDCCCLXXV ''') was a Common Year Starting On Friday (see link for calendar).
In the ISO 8601 Calendar , 1875 is defined as the year the Convention Du Mètre was originally signed, by way of a reference year.
Events
January - April
May - August
September - December
Unknown date
Births
January
- January 5 - James Stuart Blackton , American film producer (d. 1941 )
- January 7 - Thomas J. Hicks , American runner (d. 1963 )
- January 9 - Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney , American sculptor and socialite (d. 1942 )
- January 11 - Reinhold Glière , Russian composer (d. 1956 )
- January 14 - Albert Schweitzer , Alsatian physician, philosopher, and musician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1965 )
- January 15 - Tom Burke , American runner (d. 1929 )
- January 22 - D. W. Griffith , American film director (d. 1948 )
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
December
Deaths
- January 23 - Charles Kingsley , English writer (b. 1819 )
- February 22 - Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot , French painter (b. 1796 )
- February 22 - Sir Charles Lyell , British geologist (b. 1797 )
- March 1 - Tristan Corbière , French poet (b. 1845 )
- April 25 - The 12th Dalai Lama (b. 1857 )
- May 17 - John C. Breckinridge , Vice President Of The United States (b. 1821 )
- June 3 - Georges Bizet , French composer (b. 1836 )
- June 4 - Eduard Mörike , German poet (b. 1804 )
- June 25 - Antoine-Louis Barye , French sculptor (b. 1796 )
- July 30 - George Pickett , American Confederate General (b. 1825 )
- July 31 - Andrew Johnson , 17th President Of The United States (b. 1808 )
- August 4 - Hans Christian Andersen , Danish writer (b. 1805 )
- August 10 - Karl Andree , German geographer (b. 1808 )
- August 17 - Wilhelm Bleek , German linguist (b. 1827 )
- September 22 - Charles Bianconi , Italian-Irish entrepreneur (b. 1786 )
- October 10 - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy , Russian writer (b. 1817 )
- October 12 - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux , French sculptor and painter (b. 1827 )
- November 22 - Henry Wilson , Vice President Of The United States (b. 1812 )
- November 24 - William Backhouse Astor, Sr. , American businessman (b. 1792 )
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