Page 3: Historical Events In 1855

Apr 29   Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) [OS] on this day in history.   

Apr 30   In the year 1855 henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68   

May 02   Theodore Moses Tobani, composer in the year 1855.   

May 03   Antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens on this day in history.   

May 04   Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

May 05   NYC regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration on this day in history.   

May 09   Julius Rontgen, composer in the year 1855.   

May 10   Anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS] in the year 1855.   

May 11   In the year 1855 anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake)   

May 15   Eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege) on this day in history.   

May 15   In the year 1855 jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75   

May 21   Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes) on this day in history.   

May 24   Arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright in the year 1855.   

May 27   In the year 1855 nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies   

Jun 01   US adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery on this day in history.   

Jun 02   The Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine in the year 1855.   

Jun 05   Anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention in the year 1855.   

Jun 05   On this day in history anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's first convention   

Jun 13   Opera "Les Vêpres Sicilenne" is produced (Paris) in the year 1855.   

Jun 14   In the year 1855 robert Marion La Follette, Wisconsin, pres candidate (Progressive)   

Jun 17   In the year 1855 fritz Steinbach, composer   

Jun 17   On this day in history heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed   

Jun 20   On this day in history commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin   

Jun 22   Sam Morris, Hobart, cricketer (Barbados parents only black Aus player) in the year 1855.   

Jun 23   On this day in history maude Valerie White, composer   

Jun 28   In the year 1855 giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer, dies at 86   

Jun 28   The Sigma Chi Fraternity was founded at Miami University in the year 1855.   

Jul 03   Piotr Maszynski, composer in the year 1855.   

Jul 04   In Brooklyn, New York, the first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, titled Leaves of Grass, is published on this day in history.   

Jul 09   In the year 1855 johann P Zilcher, German composer   

Jul 09   Lord Raglan Commander of the British forces during the Crimean War on this day in history.   

Jul 14   Richard Samuel Hughes, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 16   In the year 1855 charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer   

Jul 20   On this day in history 1st train from Rotterdam to Utrecht in Netherlands   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history death of giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779)   

Jan 10   In the year 1855 mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67   

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

Jan 26   In the year 1855 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 in the year 1855.