Page 3: Historical Events In 1855

Apr 29   In the year 1855 anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) [OS]   

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   On this day in history camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66   

May 05   NYC regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration in the year 1855.   

May 09   Julius Rontgen, composer on this day in history.   

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

May 11   Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) on this day in history.   

May 15   On this day in history eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege)   

May 15   Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75 in the year 1855.   

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

May 24   On this day in history arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright   

May 27   Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies on this day in history.   

Jun 01   In the year 1855 uS adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery   

Jun 02   The Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine on this day in history.   

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

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

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   Fritz Steinbach, composer in the year 1855.   

Jun 17   Heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed on this day in history.   

Jun 20   Commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin on this day in history.   

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

Jun 23   Maude Valerie White, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 28   Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Jun 28   In the year 1855 the Sigma Chi Fraternity was founded at Miami University   

Jul 03   In the year 1855 piotr Maszynski, composer   

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 in the year 1855.   

Jul 14   In the year 1855 richard Samuel Hughes, composer   

Jul 16   Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 20   1st train from Rotterdam to Utrecht in Netherlands in the year 1855.   

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Jan 03   In the year 1855 birth of hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914)   

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

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People)   

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   In the year 1855 birth of john M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer   

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of ernst Kullak, composer   

Jan 23   John Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926) was born in the year 1855.   

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 in the year 1855.   

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

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

Feb 06   In the year 1855 death of josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791)   

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

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