Historical Events In 1855

Jan 05   On this day in history king Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor)  

Jan 05   USS Plymouth crew skirmish with Chinese troops on this day in history.  

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

Jan 09   On this day in history the clipper ship Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies  

Jan 10   On this day in history 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   Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer on this day in history.  

Jan 21   John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer in the year 1855.  

Jan 22   Ernst Kullak, composer in the year 1855.  

Jan 23   The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 31   Western railroads blocked by snow on this day in history.  

Feb 03   On this day in history wisconsin Supreme Court declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional  

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

Feb 04   Soldiers shoot Jewish families in Coro, Venezuela on this day in history.  

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   US citizenship laws amended all children of US parents born abroad granted US citizenship on this day in history.  

Feb 11   In the year 1855 kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam.  

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 in the year 1855.  

Feb 17   Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I) in the year 1855.  

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

Feb 21   Alice Freeman Palmer, educator (Hall of Fame) on this day in history.  

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   US Court of Claims forms for cases against govt on this day in history.  

Feb 25   On this day in history george Bonnor, cricketer (big-hitting Aussie batter 1880-1888)  

Mar 02   In the year 1855 aleksandr Romanov becomes tsar of Russia  

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of king Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor)  

Jan 10   In the year 1855 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of ernst Kullak, composer  

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   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   In the year 1855 joseph Hume, social reformer, dies  

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 on this day in history.