* 1875 – The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.

* 1875 – Katharine McCormick, American biologist, philanthropist, and activist ( d. 1967 )

* 1875 – Albert Ketèlbey, English conductor, composer, and pianist ( d. 1959 )

Albert Schweitzer, OM ( 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965 ) was a German and then French theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary.

* 1875 – Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian painter ( d. 1957 )

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* Sir William Buell Richards ( Chief Justice ) – September 30, 1875

* Télesphore Fournier – September 30, 1875

* William Alexander Henry – September 30, 1875

* Sir William Johnstone Ritchie – September 30, 1875

* Sir Samuel Henry Strong – September 30, 1875

* Jean-Thomas Taschereau – September 30, 1875

Franciszek Bujak ( 1875 – 1953 ) and Jan Rutkowski ( 1886 – 1949 ), the founders of modern economic history in Poland and of the journal Roczniki Dziejów Spolecznych i Gospodarczych ( 1931 – ), were attracted to the innovations of the Annales school.

* 1875 – Artur Bernardes, Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil ( d. 1955 )

* 1875 – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English composer ( d. 1912 )

* 1875 – Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorer ( d. 1936 )

* Albert I of Belgium ( 1875 – 1934 ), third King of the Belgians

* 1875 – Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours.

Andrew Johnson ( December 29, 1808 July 31, 1875 ) was the 17th President of the United States ( 1865 – 1869 ).

* 1875 – William Eccles, English physicist ( d. 1966 )

* 1875 – Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter and sculptor ( d. 1946 )

* Alfons Karpiński ( 1875 – 1961 ), Polish painter

* 1805 – Hans Christian Andersen, Danish writer ( d. 1875 )

On March 3, 1875, the first organized indoor game was played at Montreal's Victoria Skating Rink between two sides of nine-player teams, including James Creighton and several McGill University students.

The three courts of Vienna, Berlin and St Petersburg had come to an understanding as to their attitude in the Eastern question, and their views were embodied in the dispatch, known as the " Andrássy Note ", sent on 30 December 1875 by Andrássy to Count Beust, the Austrian ambassador to the Court of St James.

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* August 13 – James Stuart Blackton, American film producer ( b. 1875 )

* August 24 – James Kirkwood, Sr., American film director ( b. 1875 )

* February 12 – James Cash Penney, American founder of J. C. Penney ( b. 1875 )

In 1878 James wrote with sadness about the lack of contemporary attention paid to Balzac, and lavished praise on him in four essays ( in 1875, 1877, 1902, and 1913 ).

James Abbott McNeill Whistler | Whistler's Nocturne in Blue and Gold: Old Battersea Bridge ( c. 1872 – 1875 )

* James William Cook ( 1820 – 1875 ), Canadian businessman and political figure

In 1875 the bridge was rebuilt by James C. Carpenter at a cost of $ 1860.

It was rebuilt in 1875 by James C. Carpenter at a cost of $ 1, 860.

: Most famous participant in the war is Johnny Ringo, who on September 25, 1875, kills James Cheyney.

The county is named for James B. McCreary, a Confederate war hero and Governor of Kentucky from 1875 to 1879.

The senator was viewed as a carpetbagger, and after the Reconstruction Era state government was replaced the county was renamed for James Logan, an early settler in the area, on December 14, 1875.

In 1875 the town was renamed Callender in honor of Agnes and James Callender of Brooklyn Heights, New York.

It was established in 1875 as James Norris & Co. lumber mills.

Hamilton has the distinction of being the birthplace and boyhood home of department-store founder James Cash Penney ( J. C. Penney ) who was born September 16, 1875.

Early schools established in Macon were Johnson College ( Methodist ), 1866 ; St. James Academy and St. Agnes Hall ( Episcopal ), 1875 and 1884 ; outstanding Blees Military Academy, 1899 ; and south at College Mound, noted McGee ( Presbyterian ) College, 1853.

1868, Lewis Robins ; 1869, Washington Snyder ; 1870 – 1871, Sylvester M. Lester ; 1872 – 1873, George F. Rogers ; 1874 – 1875, Alvin H. Cipperly ; 1876 – 1880, Arthur M. Peck ; 1881 – 1885, James C. Cotton ; 1886 – 1888, Sanford B. Horton ; 1889 – 1895, Frank Pettit ; 1896 -, John B. Martin.

1865, Lewis Sliter ; 1866, William M. Horton: 1867, William Moul ; 1868, John L. Lape ; 1869, Moses Coul ; 1870, James Clark ; 1871, William Moul ; 1872, Burton A. Thomas ; 1873, William M. Horton ; 1874, Jeremiah Conant, Moses Coul ; 1875, William Moni ; 1876, Burton A. Thomas ; 1877, Frank Pettit, Joel B. Peck ; 1878.

The LIRR built the original West Deer Park railroad station, which incorporated a post office, in May 1875 at the request of General James J. Casey, a brother-in-law of President Ulysses S. Grant.

* James D. Porter, Jr. — Judge of the 12th Judicial Circuit of Tennessee 1870-1874, Tennessee governor 1875 – 1879, president of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad Company 1880-1884, Assistant Secretary of State under President Grover Cleveland 1885-1887, Minister to Chile under President Grover Cleveland 1893-1895, Chancellor of the University of Nashville 1901, President of Peabody Normal College 1902, later President of those two schools ' merging ( George Peabody College ) until 1909

The first settlers of European extraction in the area were four stockmen, Leander Lemmon, James McHadden, Bill Gentry, and Alfred Starr, who brought their herds to Huntington Creek in 1875.

Slightly to the south lies Center Benwood, which is the primary residential section of the city and contains Saint John Roman Catholic Church ( established in 1875 ), Saint James and Saint John School, Benwood City Park ( established in 1973 ), the Fourth Street Playground, the city building, the fire, water and police departments, the post office, the Blake Brothers Post No. 46 American Legion and the original Undo's Family Restaurant.