1875 (MDCCCLXXV) 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 (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) 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.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1840s 1850s 1860s – 1870s – 1880s 1890s 1900s |
| Years: | 1872 1873 1874 – 1875 – 1876 1877 1878 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1875 MDCCCLXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2628 |
| Armenian calendar | 1324 ԹՎ ՌՅԻԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6625 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 31–32 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1796–1797 |
| Bengali calendar | 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) 4571 or 4511 — to — 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 4572 or 4512 |
| 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 |
- March 3 – Georges Bizet's Carmen debuts in Paris
- Wadworth Brewery founded.
- 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
- "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
- 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
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