1875

Events

   * Wimbledon: Henry Cavendish Jones convinced the "All England Croquet
     Club" to replace a croquet court with a lawn tennis court.
   * January 12 - Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
   * May 17 - Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby
   * September 1 - A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Irish
     anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband.

Births

   * January 14 - Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician, philosopher, and
     musician, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 1952 (+ 1965)
   * January 22 - D. W. Griffith, director
   * February 11 - Sara Wennerberg-Reuter, composer
   * February 26 - Hans Bšckler, unionist and politician (+ 1951)
   * March 7 - Maurice Ravel, composer (+ 1937)
   * March 26 - Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea (+ 1965)
   * April 1 - Edgar Wallace, writer (+ 1932)
   * April 2 - Walter Chrysler, automobile pioneer (+ 1940)
   * April 4 - Pierre Monteux, conductor
   * April 5 - Mistinguett, French cabaret singer
   * April 8 - Albert I of Belgium
   * June 12 - Sam De Grasse, pioneer Hollywood actor (+ 1953)
   * June 24 - Diedrich Westermann, German linguist (+ 1956)
   * September 1 - Edgar Rice Burroughs, author
   * October 1 - Eugeen Van Mieghem, painter
   * October 12 - Aleister Crowley, British occultist (+ 1947)
   * October 23 - Gilbert N. Lewis, physical chemist
   * December 5 - Arthur Currie, Canadian military leader (+ 1933)
   * Dr Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya

Deaths

   * January 23 - Charles Kingsley, English writer
   * February 22 - Sir Charles Lyell, British geologist.
   * May 17 - John C. Breckinridge, Vice President of the United States
   * June 3 - Georges Bizet, French composer
   * August 4 - Hans Christian Andersen, Writer.