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 in the year 1855.   

Jan 09   The clipper ship Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67 in the year 1855.   

Jan 10   In the year 1855 peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People)   

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

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

Jan 22   In the year 1855 ernst Kullak, composer   

Jan 23   On this day in history 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   Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83 in the year 1855.   

Jan 26   Arthur Hervey, composer in the year 1855.   

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   In the year 1855 william Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine)   

Jan 31   In the year 1855 western railroads blocked by snow   

Feb 01   In the year 1855 third plague pandemic in Worldwide killing 12 million+ in India and China alone people   

Feb 01   Yellow fever in United States in the year 1855.   

Feb 03   Wisconsin Supreme Court declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional on this day in history.   

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   British government of Palmerston forms in the year 1855.   

Feb 05   British govt of Palmerston forms in the year 1855.   

Feb 08   The Devil's Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon in the year 1855.   

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

Feb 15   Gustav Hollaender, composer on this day in history.   

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

Feb 20   Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 21   On this day in history alice Freeman Palmer, educator (Hall of Fame)   

Feb 23   On this day in history carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies   

Feb 24   US Court of Claims established for cases against the government on this day in history.   

Feb 24   On this day in history uS Court of Claims forms for cases against govt   

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   In the year 1855 birth of jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889)   

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 in the year 1855.   

Jan 23   John Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926) was born in the year 1855.   

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

Jan 10   On this day in history mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67   

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

Feb 23   On this day in history carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies   

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