Historical Events In 1855

Apr 29   Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) [OS] in the year 1855.   

Apr 30   Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

May 02   Theodore Moses Tobani, composer in the year 1855.   

May 03   Antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens in the year 1855.   

May 04   On this day in history camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66   

May 05   In the year 1855 nYC regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration   

May 09   On this day in history julius Rontgen, composer   

May 10   In the year 1855 anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS]   

May 11   Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) in the year 1855.   

May 15   In the year 1855 eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege)   

May 15   On this day in history jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75   

May 21   Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes) on this day in history.   

May 24   Arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright on this day in history.   

May 27   Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies in the year 1855.   

Jun 01   In the year 1855 uS adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery   

Jun 02   The Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine in the year 1855.   

Jun 05   On this day in history anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention   

Jun 05   Anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's first convention in the year 1855.   

Jun 13   Opera "Les Vêpres Sicilenne" is produced (Paris) on this day in history.   

Jun 14   In the year 1855 robert Marion La Follette, Wisconsin, pres candidate (Progressive)   

Jun 17   On this day in history fritz Steinbach, composer   

Jun 17   On this day in history heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed   

Jun 20   Commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin in the year 1855.   

Jun 22   Sam Morris, Hobart, cricketer (Barbados parents only black Aus player) in the year 1855.   

Jun 23   Maude Valerie White, composer in the year 1855.   

Jun 28   In the year 1855 giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer, dies at 86   

Jun 28   On this day in history the Sigma Chi Fraternity was founded at Miami University   

Jul 03   Piotr Maszynski, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 04   In the year 1855 in Brooklyn, New York, the first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, titled Leaves of Grass, is published.   

Jul 09   In the year 1855 johann P Zilcher, German composer   

Jul 09   Lord Raglan Commander of the British forces during the Crimean War on this day in history.   

Jul 14   Richard Samuel Hughes, composer in the year 1855.   

Jul 16   On this day in history charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer   

Jul 20   1st train from Rotterdam to Utrecht in Netherlands in the year 1855.   

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914)   

Jan 05   King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor) was born in the year 1855.   

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People)   

Jan 15   In the year 1855 birth of jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889)   

Jan 20   Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 21   In the year 1855 birth of john M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer   

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of ernst Kullak, composer   

Jan 23   John Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779) died on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67   

Jan 25   Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83 in the year 1855.   

Jan 26   Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808) died on this day in history.   

Feb 06   Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791) died on this day in history.   

Feb 20   Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 23   Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

Mar 02   Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58 in the year 1855.