Historical Events In 1855

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

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

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

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

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 in the year 1855.  

Jan 25   Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Jan 26   In the year 1855 arthur Hervey, composer  

Jan 28   In the year 1855 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   Western railroads blocked by snow on this day in history.  

Feb 03   Wisconsin Supreme Court declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional in the year 1855.  

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   In the year 1855 british government of Palmerston forms  

Feb 05   In the year 1855 british govt of Palmerston forms  

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

Feb 10   In the year 1855 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   In the year 1855 michigan State University was established.  

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   On this day in history gustav Hollaender, composer  

Feb 17   In the year 1855 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   In the year 1855 carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies  

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.  

Feb 25   George Bonnor, cricketer (big-hitting Aussie batter 1880-1888) on this day in history.  

Mar 02   On this day in history aleksandr Romanov becomes tsar of Russia  

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Jan 03   In the year 1855 birth of hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914)  

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

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

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

Jan 20   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 25   On this day in history 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   In the year 1855 carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies  

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