Historical Events In 1855

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

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

Jan 09   In the year 1855 clipper Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies   

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

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

Jan 10   Peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People) in the year 1855.   

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

Jan 21   On this day in history john M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer   

Jan 22   Ernst Kullak, composer in the year 1855.   

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   In the year 1855 dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83   

Jan 26   Arthur Hervey, composer on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1855 western railroads blocked by snow   

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

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

Feb 04   On this day in history soldiers shoot Jewish families in Coro, Venezuela   

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

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

Feb 08   In the year 1855 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   On this day in history kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam.   

Feb 12   In the year 1855 michigan State University was established.   

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   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   In the year 1855 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   In the year 1855 uS Court of Claims established for cases against the government   

Feb 24   US Court of Claims forms for cases against govt in the year 1855.   

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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   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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 26   Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808) died in the year 1855.   

Feb 06   On this day in history death of josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791)   

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

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

Mar 02   Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58 in the year 1855.