Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In 1855

Jun 14 Robert Marion La Follette, Wisconsin, pres candidate (Progressive) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 17 Fritz Steinbach, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jun 22 On this day in history birth of sam Morris, Hobart, cricketer (Barbados parents only black Aus player)  

Jun 23 Maude Valerie White, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jul 03 In the year 1855 birth of piotr Maszynski, composer  

Jul 07 Ludwig Ganghofer, German writer (d. 1920) was born on this day in history.  

Jul 09 On this day in history birth of johann P Zilcher, German composer  

Jul 14 Richard Samuel Hughes, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jul 16 On this day in history birth of charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer  

Jul 25 Edward Solomon, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jul 26 In the year 1855 birth of ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist (d. 1936)  

Jul 30 On this day in history birth of james Edward Kelly, US, sculptor "Sculptor of American History"  

Aug 03 Joe Hunter, Former Australian cricketer (d. 1891) was born in the year 1855.  

Aug 11 John Hodges, Australian cricketer (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 18 In the year 1855 birth of alfred Wallis, English artist and mariner (d. 1942)  

Aug 29 In the year 1855 birth of emil Pauer, composer  

Aug 31 Stefan Surzynski, composer was born in the year 1855.  

Sep 01 On this day in history birth of innokenty Annensky, Russian poet (d. 1909)  

Sep 06 On this day in history birth of ferdinand B Hummel, composer  

Sep 07 William Friese-Greene, British photographer (d. 1921) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 09 Anthony Francis Lucas Croatian-born oil exploration pioneer (d. 1921) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 09 In the year 1855 birth of houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist  

Sep 12 In the year 1855 birth of simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian politician (d. 1920)  

Sep 28 In the year 1855 birth of thomas F Tout, London, historian (Manchester school of historiography)  

Sep 29 Michele Esposito, composer was born in the year 1855.  

Oct 08 On this day in history birth of gustav Ehrismann, German germanist  

Oct 12 Arthur Nikisch, Szent-Miklos Hungary, conductor (Berlin Philharmonic) was born in the year 1855.  

Oct 12 August Sauer, Austria literature historian (Euphorion) was born in the year 1855.  

Oct 12 Jacobus of Looy, Dutch writer/painter (Death of My Cat) [or 9/12] was born on this day in history.  

Oct 14 On this day in history birth of george Edwardes, British composer (Gaiety Girl)  

Oct 16 On this day in history birth of camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian  

Oct 16 In the year 1855 birth of samedbey Mehmandarov, Russian general (d. 1931)  

Oct 24 On this day in history birth of james S. Sherman, Vice President of the United States (d. 1912)  

Oct 26 In the year 1855 birth of charles Post, who had a way with breakfast cereals (Post Cereals)  

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Jan 06 In the year 1855 death of giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779)  

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

Feb 23 Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies in the year 1855.  

Mar 02 Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58 on this day in history.