Historical Events In 1855

Jul 25   Edward Solomon, composer in the year 1855.   

Jul 30   James Edward Kelly, US, sculptor "Sculptor of American History" on this day in history.   

Jul 31   On this day in history hottest July in Stockholm since at least 1756 (21.4°C avg)   

Aug 01   Castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants on this day in history.   

Aug 03   On this day in history rotterdam-Gouda railway opens   

Aug 04   In the year 1855 john Bartlett publishes "Familiar Quotations"   

Aug 09   On this day in history battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising   

Aug 27   Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

Aug 29   In the year 1855 emil Pauer, composer   

Aug 31   Stefan Surzynski, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 03   In the year 1855 indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village, killing 100 men, women, and children.   

Sep 06   On this day in history ferdinand B Hummel, composer   

Sep 08   Crimean war on this day in history.   

Sep 09   Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist on this day in history.   

Sep 24   Alexandre Stievenard, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Sep 27   On this day in history george F Bristow's "Rip Van Winkle," 2nd American opera, opens in NYC   

Sep 28   Thomas F Tout, London, historian (Manchester school of historiography) on this day in history.   

Sep 29   Michele Esposito, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 06   August L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75 in the year 1855.   

Oct 08   Gustav Ehrismann, German germanist on this day in history.   

Oct 09   In the year 1855 isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor   

Oct 09   Joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope on this day in history.   

Oct 12   In the year 1855 arthur Nikisch, Szent-Miklos Hungary, conductor (Berlin Philharmonic)   

Oct 13   Gottfried Rieger, composer, dies at 91 in the year 1855.   

Oct 14   George Edwardes, British composer (Gaiety Girl) in the year 1855.   

Oct 16   Camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian on this day in history.   

Oct 17   On this day in history bessemer steelmaking process patented   

Oct 18   On this day in history franz Liszt's "Prometheus," premieres   

Oct 25   Willem F earl van Bylandt, military, dies at 84 in the year 1855.   

Oct 26   On this day in history charles Post, who had a way with breakfast cereals (Post Cereals)   

Oct 28   Ivan V Mitshurin, Russian botanist (new types of fruit) in the year 1855.   

Nov 01   Guido Adler, Austria, musicologist (Still in the Music) in the year 1855.   

Nov 05   In the year 1855 eugene V Debs, labor organizer, Socialist presidential candidate   

Nov 06   Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer on this day in history.   

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Jan 03   Hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of king Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor)   

Jan 10   Peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People) was born in the year 1855.   

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889)   

Jan 20   On this day in history birth of amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer   

Jan 21   John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 22   In the year 1855 birth of ernst Kullak, composer   

Jan 23   John Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926) was born in the year 1855.   

Jan 06   Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779) died in the year 1855.   

Jan 10   Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67 in the year 1855.   

Jan 25   Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jan 26   In the year 1855 death of gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)   

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 in the year 1855.   

Mar 02   On this day in history nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58