Historical Events In 1855

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

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   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   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   Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83 in the year 1855.  

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   On this day in history western railroads blocked by snow  

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

Feb 01   On this day in history yellow fever in United States  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 08   The Devil's Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon on this day in history.  

Feb 10   US citizenship laws amended all children of US parents born abroad granted US citizenship in the year 1855.  

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   In the year 1855 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   Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I) on this day in history.  

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

Feb 21   Alice Freeman Palmer, educator (Hall of Fame) in the year 1855.  

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

Feb 24   US Court of Claims established for cases against the government in the year 1855.  

Feb 24   US Court of Claims forms for cases against govt on this day in history.  

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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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 22   Ernst Kullak, composer was born in the year 1855.  

Jan 23   John Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.  

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

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   In the year 1855 joseph Hume, social reformer, dies  

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

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