WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1875
Find out what all happened January to July 1875

Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby. (17. May 1875)

Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873. (1. May 1875)

Guangxu Emperor of China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency. (25. February 1875)

The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Canada as recorded in The Montreal Gazette. (3. March 1875)

The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high profile civil servants and dignitaries. (24. February 1875)

Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States. (15. March 1875)

Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. (3. March 1875)

Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units. (20. May 1875)

Outbreak of the Herzegovina Uprising against Ottoman rule, which would last until 1878 and have far-reaching implications throughout the Balkans. (9. July 1875)

The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins. (19. June 1875)