360What happened in 1875?
2 moments from 1875 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- On this day · 3 March 1875
Bizet's opera Carmen is first performed
On 3 March 1875, Georges Bizet's opera Carmen opened at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. Its first audiences were cool towards it, and Bizet died three months later. But its melodies, such as the Habanera and the Toreador Song, made it one of the most performed operas in the world.
- 1875 · from Mendeleev presents the periodic table of the elements
Gallium is discovered