Famous Personalities Born In 1855

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 Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889) was born on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history birth of ernst Kullak, composer  

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

Jan 26 In the year 1855 birth of arthur Hervey, composer  

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

Feb 13 Paul Deschanel, French President (d. 1922) was born in the year 1855.  

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

Feb 17 Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 21 On this day in history birth of alice Freeman Palmer, educator (Hall of Fame)  

Feb 25 In the year 1855 birth of cesário Verde, Portuguese poet (d. 1886)  

Feb 25 George Bonnor, cricketer (big-hitting Aussie batter 1880-1888) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 12 John White, composer was born in the year 1855.  

Mar 13 Percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 24 On this day in history birth of andrew W Mellon, founder (Mellon Bank)/US Sec of Treasury  

Mar 24 Olive Schreiner, S African writer (Portrait of a South African Woman) was born in the year 1855.  

Mar 31 In the year 1855 birth of alfred E. Hunt, founder of Alcoa (d. 1899)  

Apr 09 Gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author/poet was born in the year 1855.  

Apr 18 On this day in history birth of abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen)  

Apr 18 On this day in history birth of josef Gruber, composer  

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

Apr 29 In the year 1855 birth of edmund van der Straeten, composer  

May 02 In the year 1855 birth of theodore Moses Tobani, composer  

May 09 Julius Rontgen, composer was born in the year 1855.  

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

May 11 In the year 1855 birth of anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake)  

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

May 15 In the year 1855 birth of graf Keyserling, writer  

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

May 24 Arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright was born in the year 1855.  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 25 In the year 1855 dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83  

Jan 26 On this day in history death of gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)  

Feb 06 On this day in history death of josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791)  

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.