Famous Personalities Born In 1855

Jan 03 Hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 20 Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer was born in the year 1855.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 26 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1855 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 in the year 1855.  

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

Mar 13 In the year 1855 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 Olive Schreiner, S African writer (Portrait of a South African Woman) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Apr 18 Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen) was born on this day in history.  

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

Apr 29 In the year 1855 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 on this day in history.  

May 09 On this day in history birth of julius Rontgen, composer  

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

May 15 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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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 Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 06 In the year 1855 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.