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

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

Jan 22   In the year 1855 ernst Kullak, composer   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   On this day in history dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83   

Jan 26   Arthur Hervey, composer on this day in history.   

Jan 28   In the year 1855 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   In the year 1855 yellow fever in United States   

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 on this day in history.   

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   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   US citizenship laws amended all children of US parents born abroad granted US citizenship on this day in history.   

Feb 11   Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam in the year 1855.   

Feb 12   In the year 1855 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   On this day in history gustav Hollaender, composer   

Feb 17   Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I) on this day in history.   

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

Feb 21   Alice Freeman Palmer, educator (Hall of Fame) on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 24   In the year 1855 uS Court of Claims forms for cases against govt   

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Jan 03   Hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914) was born in the year 1855.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   In the year 1855 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   On this day in history birth of john Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926)   

Jan 06   In the year 1855 death of giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779)   

Jan 10   Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 26   Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808) died in the year 1855.   

Feb 06   Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791) died in the year 1855.   

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