Historical Events In 1855

Jul 31   Hottest July in Stockholm since at least 1756 (21.4°C avg) in the year 1855.  

Aug 01   On this day in history castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants  

Aug 03   Rotterdam-Gouda railway opens on this day in history.  

Aug 04   On this day in history john Bartlett publishes "Familiar Quotations"  

Aug 09   In the year 1855 battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising  

Aug 27   On this day in history francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer, dies at 36  

Aug 29   Emil Pauer, composer in the year 1855.  

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

Sep 03   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 in the year 1855.  

Sep 06   Ferdinand B Hummel, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 08   Crimean war on this day in history.  

Sep 09   On this day in history houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist  

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

Sep 27   George F Bristow's "Rip Van Winkle," 2nd American opera, opens in NYC in the year 1855.  

Sep 28   On this day in history thomas F Tout, London, historian (Manchester school of historiography)  

Sep 29   Michele Esposito, composer in the year 1855.  

Oct 06   On this day in history august L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75  

Oct 08   Gustav Ehrismann, German germanist in the year 1855.  

Oct 09   Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor in the year 1855.  

Oct 09   In the year 1855 joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope  

Oct 12   On this day in history arthur Nikisch, Szent-Miklos Hungary, conductor (Berlin Philharmonic)  

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

Oct 14   On this day in history george Edwardes, British composer (Gaiety Girl)  

Oct 16   Camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian in the year 1855.  

Oct 17   In the year 1855 bessemer steelmaking process patented  

Oct 18   In the year 1855 franz Liszt's "Prometheus," premieres  

Oct 25   Willem F earl van Bylandt, military, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Oct 26   In the year 1855 charles Post, who had a way with breakfast cereals (Post Cereals)  

Oct 28   On this day in history ivan V Mitshurin, Russian botanist (new types of fruit)  

Nov 01   In the year 1855 guido Adler, Austria, musicologist (Still in the Music)  

Nov 05   Eugene V Debs, labor organizer, Socialist presidential candidate on this day in history.  

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

Nov 07   On this day in history edwin H Hall, US physicist (Hall effect)  

Nov 10   Josiah Royce, US, philosopher (conception of God) 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   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   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   On this day in history birth of john Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926)  

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

Jan 10   In the year 1855 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 in the year 1855.  

Feb 23   On this day in history carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies  

Mar 02   In the year 1855 nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58