Historical Events In 1855

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

Jan 05   USS Plymouth crew skirmish with Chinese troops in the year 1855.  

Jan 09   On this day in history 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   Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67 in the year 1855.  

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

Jan 20   Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer on this day in history.  

Jan 21   John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer on this day in history.  

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   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   On this day in history william Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine)  

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   Yellow fever in United States on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Feb 05   British government of Palmerston forms on this day in history.  

Feb 05   On this day in history 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   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   Michigan State University was established on this day in history.  

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   Gustav Hollaender, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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Jan 03   Hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor) was born in the year 1855.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 23   On this day in history birth of john Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926)  

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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1855 death of josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791)  

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

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

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