Historical Events In 1855

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

Jan 05   In the year 1855 uSS Plymouth crew skirmish with Chinese troops  

Jan 09   In the year 1855 clipper Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies  

Jan 09   On this day in history the clipper ship Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies  

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

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

Jan 20   In the year 1855 amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer  

Jan 21   On this day in history john M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer  

Jan 22   In the year 1855 ernst Kullak, composer  

Jan 23   On this day in history the first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge.  

Jan 25   On this day in history dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83  

Jan 26   Arthur Hervey, composer on this day in history.  

Jan 28   The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway in the year 1855.  

Jan 28   In the year 1855 william Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine)  

Jan 31   On this day in history western railroads blocked by snow  

Feb 01   On this day in history third plague pandemic in Worldwide killing 12 million+ in India and China alone people  

Feb 01   Yellow fever in United States in the year 1855.  

Feb 03   Wisconsin Supreme Court declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional in the year 1855.  

Feb 03   Wisconsin Supreme Ct declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional in the year 1855.  

Feb 04   Soldiers shoot Jewish families in Coro, Venezuela on this day in history.  

Feb 05   In the year 1855 british government of Palmerston forms  

Feb 05   In the year 1855 british govt of Palmerston forms  

Feb 08   The Devil's Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon in the year 1855.  

Feb 10   On this day in history uS citizenship laws amended all children of US parents born abroad granted US citizenship  

Feb 11   In the year 1855 kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam.  

Feb 12   Michigan State University was established in the year 1855.  

Feb 14   On this day in history texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.  

Feb 15   Gustav Hollaender, composer on this day in history.  

Feb 17   In the year 1855 otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I)  

Feb 20   In the year 1855 joseph Hume, social reformer, dies  

Feb 21   In the year 1855 alice Freeman Palmer, educator (Hall of Fame)  

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

Feb 24   In the year 1855 uS Court of Claims established for cases against the government  

Feb 24   In the year 1855 uS Court of Claims forms for cases against govt  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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   Ernst Kullak, composer was born in the year 1855.  

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

Jan 06   On this day in history death of giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779)  

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

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 in the year 1855.  

Feb 20   On this day in history joseph Hume, social reformer, dies  

Feb 23   Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies in the year 1855.  

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