Famous Deaths Happened In 1855

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 Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791) died in the year 1855.  

Feb 20 On this day in history joseph Hume, social reformer, dies  

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

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

Mar 08 On this day in history death of william Poole, Infamous member of New York City's Bowery Boys gang (b. 1821)  

Mar 17 Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Mar 20 Joseph Aspdin, English mason and inventor (b. 1788) died in the year 1855.  

Mar 29 Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1799) died on this day in history.  

Mar 31 Charlotte Bronte, English author (Jane Eyre), dies at 38 in the year 1855.  

Apr 13 Henry De la Beche, English geologist (b. 1796) died in the year 1855.  

Apr 18 Jean-Baptiste Isabey, painter, dies in the year 1855.  

Apr 24 In the year 1855 walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75  

Apr 30 On this day in history henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68  

May 04 In the year 1855 camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66  

May 05 In the year 1855 death of sir Robert Inglis, Bt, English politician (b. 1786)  

May 15 Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

May 23 Charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797) died in the year 1855.  

May 27 In the year 1855 nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies  

Jun 16 On this day in history death of john Gorrie, American physician (b. 1803)  

Jun 28 Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

Jun 29 On this day in history death of john Gorrie, American scientist (b. 1802)  

Jul 07 On this day in history death of konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet (b. 1787)  

Jul 08 In the year 1855 death of sir William Edward Parry, English Arctic explorer (b. 1790)  

Jul 09 In the year 1855 death of lord Raglan Commander of the British forces during the Crimean War  

Aug 07 On this day in history death of mariano Arista, President of Mexico (b. 1802)  

Aug 16 In the year 1855 death of henry Colburn, British publisher (b. ?)  

Aug 27 Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

Sep 24 Alexandre Stievenard, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

Oct 06 August L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Oct 13 Gottfried Rieger, composer, dies at 91 in the year 1855.  

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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 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 on this day in history.  

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