Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). In the ISO 8601 calendar, 1875 is defined as the year the Convention du Mètre was originally signed, by way of a reference year. 1875 - Events. January 12 - Kwang-su becomes emperor of China. February 27 - Newton Booth, 11th Governor of California resigns, having been elected Senator. Lieutenant Governor ...

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1875 in rail transport - May births. May 9 - H.P.M. Beames, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway 1920–1922 (d. 1948). ...

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The bank closed for a short period after the collapse of William Chapman Ralston's financial empire in 1875 and his subsequent death. ...

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By category Medieval 16th Century - 17th Century 18th Century -19th Century 20th Century - Contemporary Chronological list Writers by category Novelists - Playwrights Poets - Essayists Short Story Writers Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (October 20, 1854 – November 10, 1891) was a French poet, born in Charleville. Arthur Rimbaud - Life and work. He was born into the rural middle class of Charleville (now part of Charleville-Mézières) in th ...

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The B1875.0 epoch is used in astronomy. Since the right ascension and declination of stars are constantly changing due to precession, astronomers always specify these with reference to a particular epoch. The official constellation boundaries were defined in 1930 along the lines of right ascension and declination for this epoch. The "B" in the prefix indicates that it is a Besselian epoch, as opposed to a Julian epoch. The 1875 figure refers to the year 1875 whose mean equator and equinox are used to define right ascensi ...

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Bernhard Lichtenberg (December 3, 1875 – November 5, 1943) was a German Catholic priest and theologian. He was born on the 3rd of December, 1875, in Ohlau, Prussia (today Poland), near Breslau, and studied theology in Innsbruck, Austria. He was then ordained priest in 1899. He began his ministry in Berlin in 1900 as parson in Charlottenburg. For a time he also was a member of the local parliament for the Centre Party. In 1931, the bishop of Berlin appointed him as Canon of the Cathedral Chapter of St Hedwig and in 19 ...

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Dr. William S. Sadler (1875 - 1969) was a psychiatrist and college teacher in the school of medicine at the University of Chicago, and one of the individuals closely associated with the publishing of the Urantia Book and the Urantia movement. William S. Sadler - Family life. Sadler was born in Spencer, Indiana, to Samuel C. Sadler and Sarah I. (Wilson) Sadler on June 24, 1875. His father Samuel C. Sadler was a graduate of the Chicago Conservatory of Music and was a teacher and performer. After the death of ...

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Swami Dayananda Saraswati (स्‍वामी दयानन्‍द सरस्‍वती) (1824 - 1883) is an important Hindu religious scholar born in Gujarat, India. The Arya Samaj, a great Hindu reform movement, was founded by him in 1875. He was a sannyasin (renouncer) and an original scholar who believed in the infallible authority of the Vedas. Dayananda advocated the doctrine of karma and rebirth, and emphasised the ideals ...

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Sir Charles Wheatstone (February 6, 1802 - October 19, 1875) was the British inventor of many innovations including the English concertina the Stereoscope an early form of microphone the Playfair cipher (named for Lord Playfair, the person who publicized it) He was a major figure in the development of telegraphy, improved upon the Wheatstone bridge originally invented by Samue ...

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Clareson Nott Potter (1825 - 1882), was a American civil engineer, then (1848-1868) a practising lawyer in New York City, and in 1869-1875 and in 1877-1881 a Democratic member of the National House of Representatives. See also. List of former members of the U.S. House of Representatives ...

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Chauncey Wright (September 10, 1830 - September 12, 1875), American philosopher and mathematician, was born at Northampton, Mass.. In 1852 he graduated at Harvard, and became computer to the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac. He made his name by contributions on mathematical and physical subjects in the Mathematical Monthly. He soon, however, turned his attention to metaphysics and psychology, and for the North American Review and later for the National he wrote philosop ...

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Carmen is a French opera by Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Meilhac and Halévy, based on the novel by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was premiered at the Opéra Comique of Paris on March 3, 1875. For a year after its premiere, it was considered a failure; denounced by critics as 'immoral' and 'superficial'. Today, it is one of the world's most popular operas^Including:

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Albert Henry Vestal (1875 - 1932) was a U.S. political figure. He was a Republican Representative from Illinois and served as House majority whip between 1923 and 1931. Other related archives1875, 1923, 1931, 1932, House majority whip, Illinois, Representative, Republican, U.S., political figure

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The Book of Dzyan is reputedly an ancient text, of Tibetan origin, and possibly connected with an esoteric branch of Lamaism. It was the basis for Theosophy, the movement founded by Helena Blavatsky in 1875. References to the book also exist in the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, and have been expanded upon by other writers who have worked within the Cthulhu mythos. Other related archivesBlavatsky, Cthulhu mythos, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, Lamaism, Theosophy, Tibetan

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Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley (12 October 1875 - 1 December 1947) was an occultist, mystic, sexual revolutionary, and drug user (especially heroin). Aleister Crowley - Biography. Edward Alexander Crowley was born in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, between 11:00pm and 12 midnight on 12 October 1875. His father, Edward Crowley, once maintained a lucrative family brewery business and was retired at the time of Aleister's birth. His mother, Emily Bertha Bishop, drew ...

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Bernard Berenson (née Bernhard Valvrojenski, 1865 - 1959) was an American art historian. He was a major figure in establishing the market for 'old master' paintings. He was born to a Jewish family in Butrimonys (Vilna), Lithuania. His father, Albert, emigrated to Boston from Lithuania with his family in 1875, changing their family name to "Berenson". He was a graduate of Harvard University. His wife Mary (1864-1945), sis ...

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1875 in rail transport - February events. February 9 - The first train passes through the Hoosac Tunnel in Massachusetts. 1875 in rail transport - August events. August 30 - Groundbreaking ceremonies are held in Pembroke, Ontario, for the Canada Central Railway line between Pembroke and Renfrew. 1875 in rail transport - September events. September 13 - The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, building westward ...

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Evolutionism - Cultural anthropology. Lewis Henry Morgan. Human civilizations develop linearly in a "sequence of progress" from savagery, through barbarism, to finally civilization; see Linear progress (Lewis Henry Morgan, Ancient Society, 1877) Neo-evolutionism Evolutionism - Sociology. Main article: Social Darwinism Sanderson, Stephen K. ( ...

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