What Happened In October 1875 In History

Historical Events for October, 1875

• 16th » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah called Provo, Utah.
• 22nd » First telegraphic connection in Argentina.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1875

• 4th » Bob McKinney, American baseball player (d. 1946)
• 8th » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (d. 1919)
• 12th » Aleister Crowley, English magician and author (d. 1947)
• 22nd » David van Embden, Dutch politician (d. 1962)
• 23rd » Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist (d. 1946)
• 24th » Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (d. 1958)
• 25th » Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, American author (d. 1961)
• 28th » Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, American journalist (d. 1966)
• 29th » Marie of Romania (d. 1938)
• 31st » Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (d. 1954)
• 31st » Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1950)

Famous Deaths for October 1875

• 10th » Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1817)
• 12th » Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)
• 24th » Raffaello Carboni, Italian author (b. 1817)

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