1875

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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 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1875 MDCCCLXXV
Ab urbe condita	2628
Armenian calendar	1324 ԹՎ ՌՅԻԴ
Chinese calendar	4511/4571-11-24 (甲戌年十一月廿四日) — to — 4512/4572-12-4 (乙亥年十二月初四日)
Ethiopian calendar	1867 – 1868
Hebrew calendar	5635 – 5636
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1930 – 1931
- Shaka Samvat	1797 – 1798
- Kali Yuga	4976 – 4977
Iranian calendar	1253 – 1254
Islamic calendar	1292 – 1293
Japanese calendar	Meiji 8 (明治8年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2535 (皇紀2535年)
- Jōmon Era	11875
Thai solar calendar	2418

1875 (MDCCCLXXV) 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.

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January 1 - Midland Railway abolishes Second Class passenger facilities, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British Railway companies followed Midland's lead during the rest of the year. (Third Class was renamed Second Class in 1956)
January 12 - Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
February 25 - The majority of the Yavapai (Wipukyipai) and Tonto Apache (Dil Zhéé) tribes were forced by the U.S. Calvary under command of Brigadier General George Crook to walk at gunpoint from the Arizona's Verde Valley, now named the towns of Camp Verde and Clarkdale and the cities of Cottonwood and Sedona to the San Carlos Indian Reservation, 180 miles to the southeast. The two tribes were not allowed to return to the Verde Valley until 1900.
February 27 - Newton Booth, 11th Governor of California resigns, having been elected Senator. Lieutenant Governor of California Romualdo Pacheco becomes acting Governor. He is later replaced by elected governor William Irwin.
March 3 - The first performance of Bizet’s Carmen at the Opéra Comique, Paris
March 3 - The first organized indoor game of ice hockey was played between two pick-up teams at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal.
25 April - Ten sophomores from Rutgers College (now Rutgers University) steal a one-ton cannon from the campus of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and start the Rutgers-Princeton Cannon War.
May 7 - SS Schiller wrecks on rocks off the Isles of Sicily.
May 17 - Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby.
May 20 - Convention du Mètre signed in Paris.
August 25 - Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim the English Channel.
September 1 - A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband.
September 7 - An Egyptian invasion of Ethiopia fails when Emperor Yohannes IV defeats an army led by Werner Munzinger in the Battle of Agurdat.
November 9 - Indian Wars: In Washington, D.C., Indian Inspector E.C. Watkins issues a report stating that hundreds of Sioux and Cheyenne associated with Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse are hostile to the United States (the Battle of the Little Bighorn was fought in Montana the next year).
November 16 - Battle at Gundet - Ethiopian Emperor Yohannes defeats another Egyptian army
December 4 - Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison and flees to Cuba, then to Spain.
December 9 - Massachusetts Rifle Association, "America's Oldest Active Gun Club" is formed.

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Wimbledon: Henry Cavendish Jones convinced the "All England Croquet Club" to replace a croquet court with a lawn tennis court.
Treaty of Saint Petersburg is signed between Japan and Russia.
Tong wars begin in San Francisco
The Theosophical Society was founded in New York by Helena Blavatsky, H. S. Olcott, W. Q. Judge, and others.
The Arya Samaj was founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda.
The Hibernian F.C. were founded in Edinburgh, Scotland.
The Birmingham City F.C. were founded in Small Heath, Birmingham, England.