Famous Personalities Born In 1855

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 15 Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889) was born in the year 1855.  

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

Jan 21 John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer was born in the year 1855.  

Jan 22 Ernst Kullak, composer was born in the year 1855.  

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

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

Jan 28 William Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine) was born in the year 1855.  

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

Feb 15 In the year 1855 birth of gustav Hollaender, composer  

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

Feb 21 Alice Freeman Palmer, educator (Hall of Fame) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 25 Cesário Verde, Portuguese poet (d. 1886) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 25 In the year 1855 birth of george Bonnor, cricketer (big-hitting Aussie batter 1880-1888)  

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

Mar 13 On this day in history birth of percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto)  

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

Mar 24 In the year 1855 birth of olive Schreiner, S African writer (Portrait of a South African Woman)  

Mar 31 Alfred E. Hunt, founder of Alcoa (d. 1899) was born in the year 1855.  

Apr 09 Gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author/poet was born on this day in history.  

Apr 18 In the year 1855 birth of abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen)  

Apr 18 Josef Gruber, composer was born in the year 1855.  

Apr 29 On this day in history birth of anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) [OS]  

Apr 29 On this day in history birth of edmund van der Straeten, composer  

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

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

May 10 Anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS] was born in the year 1855.  

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

May 15 On this day in history birth of eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege)  

May 15 On this day in history birth of graf Keyserling, writer  

May 21 In the year 1855 birth of emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes)  

May 24 On this day in history birth of arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright  

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Jan 06 In the year 1855 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 Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

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

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

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.