Page 3: Historical Events In 1855

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

Apr 30   On this day in history 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 in the year 1855.   

May 04   Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66 in the year 1855.   

May 05   On this day in history nYC regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration   

May 09   In the year 1855 julius Rontgen, composer   

May 10   In the year 1855 anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS]   

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

May 15   Eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege) in the year 1855.   

May 15   On this day in history jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75   

May 21   On this day in history emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes)   

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

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   In the year 1855 the Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine.   

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

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

Jun 13   In the year 1855 opera "Les Vêpres Sicilenne" is produced (Paris)   

Jun 14   Robert Marion La Follette, Wisconsin, pres candidate (Progressive) on this day in history.   

Jun 17   On this day in history fritz Steinbach, composer   

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

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

Jun 28   The Sigma Chi Fraternity was founded at Miami University on this day in history.   

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   Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer in the year 1855.   

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

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914)   

Jan 05   King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor) was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer   

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   Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779) died on this day in history.   

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

Jan 25   Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83 in the year 1855.   

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   On this day in history joseph Hume, social reformer, dies   

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

Mar 02   In the year 1855 nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58