Historical Events In 1855

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

Jan 05   USS Plymouth crew skirmish with Chinese troops on this day in history.  

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

Jan 09   The clipper ship Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies on this day in history.  

Jan 10   On this day in history 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 in the year 1855.  

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

Jan 26   On this day in history 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   William Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine) on this day in history.  

Jan 31   In the year 1855 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   Wisconsin Supreme Court declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional on this day in history.  

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

Feb 11   In the year 1855 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   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 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   In the year 1855 alice Freeman Palmer, educator (Hall of Fame)  

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

Feb 24   On this day in history uS Court of Claims established for cases against the government  

Feb 24   US Court of Claims forms for cases against govt on this day in history.  

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Jan 03   In the year 1855 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   Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889) was born in the year 1855.  

Jan 20   Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer was born in the year 1855.  

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   On this day in history birth of john Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926)  

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   On this day in history dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83  

Jan 26   On this day in history death of gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)  

Feb 06   Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791) died on this day in history.  

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

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

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