Historical Events In 1855

Jan 05   In the year 1855 king Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor)   

Jan 05   In the year 1855 uSS Plymouth crew skirmish with Chinese troops   

Jan 09   Clipper Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies on this day in history.   

Jan 09   The clipper ship Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies in the year 1855.   

Jan 10   In the year 1855 mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67   

Jan 10   On this day in history peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People)   

Jan 20   On this day in history amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer   

Jan 21   In the year 1855 john M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer   

Jan 22   On this day in history ernst Kullak, composer   

Jan 23   In the year 1855 the first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge.   

Jan 25   On this day in history dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83   

Jan 26   In the year 1855 arthur Hervey, composer   

Jan 28   On this day in history the first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway.   

Jan 28   William Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine) on this day in history.   

Jan 31   Western railroads blocked by snow in the year 1855.   

Feb 01   On this day in history third plague pandemic in Worldwide killing 12 million+ in India and China alone people   

Feb 01   In the year 1855 yellow fever in United States   

Feb 03   In the year 1855 wisconsin Supreme Court declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional   

Feb 03   Wisconsin Supreme Ct declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional in the year 1855.   

Feb 04   In the year 1855 soldiers shoot Jewish families in Coro, Venezuela   

Feb 05   On this day in history british government of Palmerston forms   

Feb 05   In the year 1855 british govt of Palmerston forms   

Feb 08   On this day in history the Devil's Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon.   

Feb 10   On this day in history uS citizenship laws amended all children of US parents born abroad granted US citizenship   

Feb 11   Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam on this day in history.   

Feb 12   Michigan State University was established in the year 1855.   

Feb 14   On this day in history texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.   

Feb 15   In the year 1855 gustav Hollaender, composer   

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

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

Feb 21   In the year 1855 alice Freeman Palmer, educator (Hall of Fame)   

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

Feb 24   On this day in history uS Court of Claims established for cases against the government   

Feb 24   In the year 1855 uS Court of Claims forms for cases against govt   

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Jan 03   Hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914) was born in the year 1855.   

Jan 05   King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor) was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1855.   

Jan 20   On this day in history 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)   

Jan 06   Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779) died on this day in history.   

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   Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808) died on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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