Historical Events In 1855

Jan 05   King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor).   

Jan 05   USS Plymouth crew skirmish with Chinese troops   

Jan 09   Clipper Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies   

Jan 09   The clipper ship Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies.   

Jan 10   Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67   

Jan 10   Peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People).   

Jan 20   Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer.   

Jan 21   John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer.   

Jan 22   Ernst Kullak, composer   

Jan 23   The inaugural 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   

Jan 26   Arthur Hervey, composer   

Jan 28   The inaugural locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway.   

Jan 28   William Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine)   

Jan 31   Western railroads blocked by snow   

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

Feb 01   Yellow fever in United States.   

Feb 03   Wisconsin Supreme Court declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional.   

Feb 03   Wisconsin Supreme Ct declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional   

Feb 04   Soldiers shoot Jewish families in Coro, Venezuela   

Feb 05   British government of Palmerston forms.   

Feb 05   British govt of Palmerston forms   

Feb 08   The Devil's Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon   

Feb 10   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   

Feb 12   Michigan State University was established.   

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.   

Feb 15   Gustav Hollaender, composer   

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

Feb 20   Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies   

Feb 21   Alice Freeman Palmer, educator (Hall of Fame).   

Feb 23   Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies.   

Feb 24   In this year, US Court of Claims established for cases against the government.   

Feb 24   In this year, US Court of Claims forms for cases against govt   

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Jan 03   Hubert bland: English socialist    

Jan 05   King camp gillette: Inventor (safety razor)   

Jan 10   Peter j blok: Dutch historian (history of the dutch people)   

Jan 15   Jacques damala: Greek military officer and actor    

Jan 20   Amedee-ernest chausson: Composer   

Jan 21   John m browning: Us, weapons manufacturer   

Jan 22   Ernst kullak: Composer   

Jan 23   John moses browning: American inventor    

Jan 06   Giacomo beltrami: Italian explorer (b. 1779)   

Jan 10   Mary russell mitford: Engl playwright/poet (julian),    

Jan 25   Dorothy wordsworth: Writer,    

Jan 26   Gérard de nerval: French writer (b. 1808)   

Feb 06   Josef munzinger: Swiss federal councilor (b. 1791)   

Feb 20   Joseph hume: Social reformer,   

Feb 23   Carl friedrich gauss: Mathematician,    

Mar 02   Nicholas i pavlovitch: Tsar of russia (1825-55),