1875

Year 1875 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a of the 12-day-slower ).

In the, 1875 is defined as the year the  was originally signed, by way of a reference year.

January - March

 * - abolishes Second Class passenger facilities, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British Railway companies followed Midland's lead during the rest of the year. (Third Class was renamed Second Class in )
 * - becomes emperor of.
 * - Jeanne Calment, French supercentenarian and longest-lived human on record born in France.
 * - The majority of the Yavapai (Wipukyipai) and Tonto Apache (Dil Zhéé) tribes were forced by the U.S. Cavalry under command of to walk at gunpoint from the Arizona's Verde Valley, now named the towns of  and Clarkdale and the cities of  and  to the San Carlos Indian Reservation, 180 miles to the southeast. The two tribes were not allowed to return to the Verde Valley until 1900.
 * -, 11th resigns, having been elected .   becomes acting Governor. He is later replaced by elected governor.
 * - The first performance of ’s  at the ,
 * - The first organized indoor game of ice hockey was played between two pick-up teams at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal.

April - June

 * - The is founded in Mumbai by.
 * - Ten sophomores from (now Rutgers University) steal a one-ton cannon from the campus of the  (now Princeton University) and start the.
 * is signed between and.
 * wrecks on rocks off the.
 * -  wins the first.
 * -  signed in.
 * - Two American colleges play each other in the first game of and,  and  at Jarvis Field in.
 * (date unknown) - The record-setting  is burned for scrap metal.
 * (date unknown) - The record-setting  is burned for scrap metal.

July - September

 * - Captain becomes the  person to swim the.
 * - A murder conviction effectively forces the violent anti-owner coal miners, the "", to disband.
 * - An ian invasion of fails when Emperor  defeats an army led by  in the.

October - December

 * - Chief of the  dies at the, leaving his son  as the new chief.
 * - is founded in.
 * - The first performance of the by  is given in  with  as soloist.
 * - The is founded in New York by, H. S. Olcott, W. Q. Judge, and others.
 * - : In, Indian Inspector issues a report stating that hundreds of  and   associated with  and  are hostile to the  (the  was fought in  the next year).
 * - Battle at - n Emperor Yohannes defeats another ian army
 * - Notorious politician  escapes from prison and flees to, then to.
 * -, "America's Oldest Active Gun Club" is formed.
 * -, First Hearts vs Hibs Derby, Hearts win 1-0.

Undated

 * : Henry Cavendish Jones convinced the "All England Croquet Club" to replace a croquet court with a lawn tennis court.
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January - June

 * -, American film producer (d. )
 * -, American runner (d. )
 * -, American sculptor and socialite (d. )
 * -, Russian composer (d. )
 * -, Alsatian physician, philosopher, and musician, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, American runner (d. )
 * -, American film director (d. )
 * ? -, notable for the disputed claim of having lived 128 years (d. )
 * -, Austrian violinist (d. )
 * -, German physicist (d. )
 * -, French woman, notable for living 122 years which is makes her the oldest living human being with proof in history.(d. )
 * -, former and  (d. )
 * -, French composer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American film pioneer (d. )
 * -, English writer (d. )
 * -, American automobile pioneer (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, French conductor (d. )
 * -, French singer (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, American boxer (d. )
 * -, Abdruschin, author (d. )
 * -, American pilot (d. )
 * -, Indian philosopher (d. )
 * -, Automobile Industrialist (d. )
 * -, German writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, Canadian actor (d. )
 * -, German linguist (d. )
 * -, French mathematician (d. )

July - December

 * -, Swiss psychiatrist (d. )
 * -, Spanish poet (d. )
 * -, English composer (d. )
 * -, Prime Minister of Finland (d. )
 * -, Canadian author (d. )
 * -, American suffragist (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, Austrian automotive engineer (d. )
 * - ,Chilean philanthropist (d.)
 * -, British water-colourist (d.)
 * -, Belgian painter (d. )
 * -, British occultist (d. )
 * -, American chemist (d. )
 * -, Indian political leader, Iron Man of India (d.)
 * -, Younger brother of author (d. , )
 * -, Austrian poet (d. )
 * -, Canadian military leader (d. )
 * -, Albert Einstein's first wife (d. )
 * -, Austrian Catholic cardinal (d. )


 * See also .

January - June

 * -, French painter (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * - Sir, British geologist (b. )
 * -, French poet (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -,  (b. )
 * -, Polish messianistic philosopher (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, German poet (b. )
 * -, French sculptor (b. )

July - December

 * -, American Confederate General (b. )
 * -, 17th (b. )
 * -, Danish writer (b. )
 * -, German geographer (b. )
 * -, evangelic priest, teacher and writer (b. )
 * -, German linguist (b. )
 * -, Italian-Irish entrepreneur (b. )
 * -, Russian writer (b. )
 * - Chief, Native American Chief (b.)
 * -, French sculptor and painter (b. )
 * -, French priest, theologian, and publisher (b. )
 * -, Swiss adventurer (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American businessman (b. )


 * See also .