Historical Events In 1855

Jan 05   On this day in history king Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor)   

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

Jan 09   Clipper Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 26   Arthur Hervey, composer in the year 1855.   

Jan 28   In the year 1855 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) in the year 1855.   

Jan 31   On this day in history western railroads blocked by snow   

Feb 01   In the year 1855 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   Wisconsin Supreme Court declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional in the year 1855.   

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

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

Feb 05   In the year 1855 british government of Palmerston forms   

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history michigan State University was established.   

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   Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I) in the year 1855.   

Feb 20   In the year 1855 joseph Hume, social reformer, dies   

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

Feb 23   In the year 1855 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 in the year 1855.   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of king Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor)   

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   Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer was born in the year 1855.   

Jan 21   John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer was born in the year 1855.   

Jan 22   Ernst Kullak, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 25   In the year 1855 dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83   

Jan 26   In the year 1855 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   On this day in history joseph Hume, social reformer, dies   

Feb 23   In the year 1855 carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies   

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