Famous Birthdays In 1855

Jan 03 In the year 1855 birth of hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914)

Jan 05 In the year 1855 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 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 John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer was born in the year 1855.

Jan 22 Ernst Kullak, composer was born on this day in history.

Jan 23 On this day in history birth of john Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926)

Jan 26 On this day in history birth of arthur Hervey, composer

Jan 28 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of gustav Hollaender, composer

Feb 17 On this day in history birth of otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I)

Feb 21 Alice Freeman Palmer, educator (Hall of Fame) was born in the year 1855.

Feb 25 On this day in history birth of cesário Verde, Portuguese poet (d. 1886)

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

Mar 12 On this day in history birth of john White, composer

Mar 13 Percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto) was born in the year 1855.

Mar 24 In the year 1855 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 In the year 1855 birth of alfred E. Hunt, founder of Alcoa (d. 1899)

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 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 Edmund van der Straeten, composer was born on this day in history.

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 Anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS] was born on this day in history.

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

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

May 15 Graf Keyserling, writer was born on this day in history.

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

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

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

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

Feb 20 Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies in the year 1855.

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

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