1875

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1840s  1850s  1860s  – 1870s –  1880s  1890s  1900s
Years:	1872 1873 1874 – 1875 – 1876 1877 1878

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1875 Media

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  Thomas Hicks

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  King Ibn Saud

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  • For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme.
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  Jeanne Calment, the world's oldest woman in her 40s.

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  Official Portrait of Syngman Rhee, the 1st–3rd President of the Republic of Korea

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  Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya

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  • Thomas Mann, 20 April 1937
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  Hand-colored photograph of Carl Jung in USA, published in 1910.

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  • Suffragists Mrs. Stanley McCormick (Katharine McCormick) and Mrs. Charles Parker, April 22, 1913, holding a banner between them reading "National Woman Suffrage Association."
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  Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1875th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 875th year of the 2nd millennium, the 75th year of the 19th century, and the 6th year of the 1870s decade. As of the start of 1875, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• March 3 – Georges Bizet's Carmen debuts in Paris
• Wadworth Brewery founded.

Births

• February 2 – Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist and composer
• February 28 – Christie MacDonald, actress and singer
• May – Paul Sarebresole
• July 26 – Carl Jung
• September 3 – Ferdinand Porsche, German car designer

Deaths

• June 3 – Georges Bizet

Published music

• "Angels, Meet Me At the Cross Road"     w.m. Will Hays
• "Carve Dat Possum" by Sam Lucas & Herbert Hershy
• "Dreaming Forever of Thee"      w.m. John Hill Hewitt
• "Grandfather's Clock"     w.m. Henry C. Work
• "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen"     w.m. Thomas P. Westendorf
• "Nancy Lee" w. Frederick Edward Weatherly, m. Stephen Adams (pseudonym of Michael Maybrick)
• "The Witches Flight (Galop Caprice)" by Henry A. Russell

Musical theater

• Trial By Jury, Gilbert & Sullivan, London production opened at the Royalty Theatre on March 25
• Trial By Jury Philadelphia production opened at the Arch Street Theatre on October 22
• Trial By Jury, New York production opened at the Eagle Theatre on November 15
• The Zoo, Lyrics and Book: Bolton Rowe Music: Arthur Sullivan, London production opened at St. James Theatre on June 5