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   Clipper Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies in the year 1855.   

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   Peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People) on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1855 ernst Kullak, composer   

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   The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

Feb 08   The Devil's Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon in the year 1855.   

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

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   Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas in the year 1855.   

Feb 15   Gustav Hollaender, composer in the year 1855.   

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) in the year 1855.   

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

Feb 24   US Court of Claims established for cases against the government on this day in history.   

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

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914)   

Jan 05   In the year 1855 birth of king Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor)   

Jan 10   Peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889)   

Jan 20   In the year 1855 birth of amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer   

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

Jan 22   In the year 1855 birth of ernst Kullak, composer   

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 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   On this day in history death of gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)   

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

Feb 20   Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies in the year 1855.   

Feb 23   Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

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