1875

1875 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1875; MDCCCLXXV
Ab urbe condita	2628
Armenian calendar	1324; ԹՎ ՌՅԻԴ
Assyrian calendar	6625
Baháʼí calendar	31–32
Balinese saka calendar	1796–1797
Bengali calendar	1281–1282
Berber calendar	2825
British Regnal year	38 Vict. 1 – 39 Vict. 1
Buddhist calendar	2419
Burmese calendar	1237
Byzantine calendar	7383–7384
Chinese calendar	甲戌年 (Wood Dog); 4572 or 4365; — to —; 乙亥年 (Wood Pig); 4573 or 4366
Coptic calendar	1591–1592
Discordian calendar	3041
Ethiopian calendar	1867–1868
Hebrew calendar	5635–5636
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1931–1932
- Shaka Samvat	1796–1797
- Kali Yuga	4975–4976
Holocene calendar	11875
Igbo calendar	875–876
Iranian calendar	1253–1254
Islamic calendar	1291–1292
Japanese calendar	Meiji 8; (明治８年)
Javanese calendar	1803–1804
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar	4208
Minguo calendar	37 before ROC; 民前37年
Nanakshahi calendar	407
Thai solar calendar	2417–2418
Tibetan calendar	阳木狗年; (male Wood-Dog); 2001 or 1620 or 848; — to —; 阴木猪年; (female Wood-Pig); 2002 or 1621 or 849

Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
Years:	1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878

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.

Events

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 occpied by 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.

September 1 - A murder conviction effectively forces the violent Irish anti-owner coal miners, the "Molly Maguires", to disband.
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 - Abyssinian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians
December 4 - Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison and flees to Cuba, then Spain.
December 9 - Massachusetts Rifle Association, "America's Oldest Active Gun Club" is formed.

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.
Hibernian_F.C., were founded in Edinburgh, Scotland.

January 5 - James Stuart Blackton, American film producer (d. 1941)
January 7 - Thomas J. Hicks, American runner (d. 1963)
January 9 - Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and socialite (d. 1942)
January 11 - Reinhold Glière, Russian composer (d. 1956)
January 14 - Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician, philosopher, and musician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1965)
January 15 - Tom Burke, American runner (d. 1929)
January 22 - D. W. Griffith, American film director (d. 1948)

Centuries:	18th century · 19th century · 20th century
Decades:	1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
Years:	1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878