Editing 1875 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] state declares partial [[bankruptcy]], and places its finances in the hands of European creditors. It is also suffering widespread nationalist rebellions resulting in Russian intervention and Great Power tensions.
* [[October 15]] &ndash; Chief Lone Horn of the [[Minneconjou]] dies at the [[Cheyenne River]], leaving his son [[Spotted Elk|Big Foot]] as the new chief.
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Brigham Young University]] is founded in [[Provo, Utah]].
* [[October 25]] &ndash; The first performance of the [[Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tchaikovsky)|Piano Concerto No. 1]] by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] is given in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], with [[Hans von Bülow]] as soloist.
* [[October 30]] &ndash; The [[Theosophical Society]] is founded in New York by [[Helena Blavatsky]], [[Henry Steel Olcott]], [[William Quan Judge]], and others.
* [[November 5]] &ndash; [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.]] is founded in England by two old-boys of [[Shrewsbury School]] following a meeting at the Leger Hotel, [[Blackburn]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=1875–1884: The early years|url=http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/ThroughTheYears/0,,10303~78737,00.html|publisher=Blackburn Rovers F.C.|date=2007-07-02|access-date=2011-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309030206/http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/ThroughTheYears/0%2C%2C10303~78737%2C00.html|archive-date=2009-03-09}}</ref>
* [[November 9]] &ndash; [[American 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]] is fought in [[Montana]] the next year).
* [[November 16]] &ndash; Battle of Gundat: [[Ethiopia]]n Emperor [[Yohannes IV]] defeats another [[Egypt]]ian army.
* [[November 26]] &ndash; ''[[The Times]]'' newspaper in London reveals that [[Isma'il Pasha]] has sold [[Egypt]]'s 44% share in the [[Suez Canal]] to Britain, in a deal secured by [[Benjamin Disraeli]], without the prior sanction of the British Parliament.
* [[November 29]] &ndash; [[:ja:同志社英語学校|Dōshisha English School]], predecessor of [[Dōshisha University]], is founded in [[Kyōto]], Japan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Purpose of the Foundation of Doshisha University {{!}} About Doshisha {{!}} Doshisha University|url=https://www.doshisha.ac.jp/en/information/history/policy.html|access-date=2021-01-19|website=www.doshisha.ac.jp}}</ref>
* [[December 4]] &ndash; Notorious New York City politician [[Boss Tweed]] escapes from prison and flees to Spain.
* [[December 6]]
** German emigrant ship [[SS Deutschland (1866)|SS ''Deutschland'']] runs aground off the English coast, resulting in the death of 157 passengers and crew.<ref>This inspires [[Gerard Manley Hopkins]]' poem ''[[The Wreck of the Deutschland]]'', not published until [[1918]].</ref>
** A [[firedamp]] [[explosion]] at Swaithe Main Colliery in the [[South Yorkshire Coalfield]] of England results in the death of 143 miners.<ref>{{cite web|title=Disasters – Names|url=http://www.dmm2.org.uk/uknames/u1875-01.htm|publisher=Durham Mining Museum|access-date=2010-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203125211/http://www.dmm2.org.uk/uknames/u1875-01.htm|archive-date=2008-12-03}}</ref>
* [[December 9]] &ndash; [https://www.massrifle.com The Massachusetts Rifle Association], America's oldest active gun club, is formed.
* [[December 20]] &ndash; The [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|ICRM]] is renamed the [[International Committee of the Red Cross]] (ICRC).
* [[December 25]] &ndash; The first [[Edinburgh derby]] in [[Association football]] is played: [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.]] wins 1–0 against [[Hibernian F.C.]]