1875

Centuries:	18th century 19th century 20th century
Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
Years:	1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Declarations Establishments - Publications
Media:	1875 (Events)

1875 was a common year of the Gregorian calendar and a common year of the Julian calendar, the 1875th year of the Common Era (CE), 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. 1875 corresponds to the years 31–32 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.

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Jamál Effendi, first Bahá’í teacher in India and Burma.

Events

• Bahá'u'lláh sends Jamál Effendi to India on a teaching trip.
• ‘Abdu’l-Bahá rents a garden near `Akká on the river Na`mayn for Bahá'u'lláh. Bahá'u'lláh later names it the Garden of Ridván in honor of the Garden in Baghdad.
• ‘Abdu’l-Bahá writes a treatise on the establishment of a just, progressive and divinely-based government. It is first published in English under the title The Mysterious Forces of Civilization in 1910, and later re-translated by Marzieh Gail and published under the title The Secret of Divine Civilization in 1957.

Births

• July 21: Agnes Alexander, Hand of the Cause.