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What Happened In January 1875 In History

Famous Birthdays on January in 1875

  • 3rd » Alexandros Diomidis, Greek banker and politician, 145th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1950)
  • 6th » Leslie Green, British architect (d. 1908)
  • 7th » Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945)
  • 7th » Thomas Hicks (athlete) or Thomas Hicks, American runner (d. 1963)
  • 9th » Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (d. 1942)
  • 10th » Issai Schur, German mathematician (d. 1941)
  • 11th » Reinhold Glière, Russian composer (d. 1956)
  • 11th » Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (d. 1941)
  • 14th » Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician, Nobel Peace Prize or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
  • 15th » Thomas Burke (athlete) called Thomas Burke, American sprinter (d. 1929)
  • 16th » Leonor Michaelis, German biochemist (d. 1947)
  • 17th » Florencio Sánchez, Uruguayan playwright (d. 1910)
  • 22nd » D. W. Griffith, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1948)
  • 27th » Elizabeth Israel, Dominican super-centenarian (d. 2003)
  • 28th » Julián Carrillo, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1965)
  • 30th » Walter Middelberg, Dutch rower (d. 1944)

Famous Deaths for January 1875

  • 3rd » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer (b. 1817)
  • 20th » Jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814)
  • 23rd » Charles Kingsley English priest and author (b. 1819)

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