1875

Events 
 March 3 – Georges Bizet's Carmen debuts in Paris
 Wadworth Brewery founded.

 Births 
 February 2 – Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist and composer
 February 28 – Christie MacDonald, actress and singer
 May – Paul Sarebresole
 July 26 – Carl Jung
 September 3 – Ferdinand Porsche, German car designer

 Deaths 
 June 3 – Georges Bizet

 Published music
 "Angels, Meet Me At the Cross Road"     w.m. Will Hays
 "Carve Dat Possum" by Sam Lucas & Herbert Hershy
 "Dreaming Forever of Thee"      w.m. John Hill Hewitt
 "Grandfather's Clock"     w.m. Henry C. Work
 "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen"     w.m. Thomas P. Westendorf
 "Nancy Lee" w. Frederick Edward Weatherly, m. Stephen Adams (pseudonym of Michael Maybrick)
 "The Witches Flight (Galop Caprice)" by Henry A. Russell

 Musical theater 
 Trial By Jury, Gilbert & Sullivan, London production opened at the Royalty Theatre on March 25
 Trial By Jury Philadelphia production opened at the Arch Street Theatre on October 22
 Trial By Jury, New York production opened at the Eagle Theatre on November 15
 The Zoo, Lyrics and Book: Bolton Rowe Music: Arthur Sullivan, London production opened at St. James Theatre on June 5