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 in the year 1855.  

Jan 15 Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 21 John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 22 On this day in history birth of ernst Kullak, composer  

Jan 23 In the year 1855 birth of john Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926)  

Jan 26 Arthur Hervey, composer was born in the year 1855.  

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

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

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 in the year 1855.  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 24 In the year 1855 birth of andrew W Mellon, founder (Mellon Bank)/US Sec of Treasury  

Mar 24 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Apr 09 On this day in history birth of gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author/poet  

Apr 18 On this day in history 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 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 Anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS] was born in the year 1855.  

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

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

Jan 26 In the year 1855 death of gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)  

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