page_title: 1875
section_title: January–June
hierarchical_section_title: 1875 / Deaths / January–June
caption_attribution_description: Painter Jean-François Millet by Nadar,
context_page_description: 1875 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1875th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 875th year of the 2nd millennium, the 75th year of the 19th century, and the 6th year of the 1870s decade. As of the start of 1875, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: January 12 – Tongzhi Emperor, 8th emperor of Qing dynasty (b. 1856)
  January 20 – Jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814)
  January 23 – Charles Kingsley, English writer (b. 1819)
  February 5 – Birgitte Andersen, Danish actress and ballet dancer (b.1791)
  February 7 - Edmund Spangler, American stagehand at Ford's Theatre (b. 1825)
  February 22
  Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter (b. 1796)
  Sir Charles Lyell, British geologist (b. 1797)
  March 1 – Tristan Corbière, French poet (b. 1845)
  April 4 – Karl Mauch, German explorer (b. 1837)
  April 25 – the 12th Dalai Lama (b. 1857)
  May 17 – John C. Breckinridge, 14th Vice President of the United States, Confederate States Secretary of War (b. 1821)
  May 20 – Amalia of Oldenburg, Greek queen  (b. 1818)
  May 31 – Eliphas Lévi, French occult author, magician (b. 1810)
  June 2 – Józef Kremer, Polish philosopher (b. 1806)
  June 3 – Georges Bizet, French composer (b. 1838)
  June 4 – Eduard Mörike, German poet (b. 1804)
  June 25 – Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (b. 1796)
  June 29 – Ferdinand I of Austria, Emperor of Austria (b. 1793)
caption: Jean-François Millet
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