Page 3: Historical Events In 1855

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

Apr 30   On this day in history henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68   

May 02   Theodore Moses Tobani, composer on this day in history.   

May 03   Antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens in the year 1855.   

May 04   On this day in history camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66   

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

May 09   On this day in history 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) in the year 1855.   

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

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

May 21   In the year 1855 emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes)   

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

May 27   On this day in history nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies   

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

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   In the year 1855 anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's first convention   

Jun 13   Opera "Les Vêpres Sicilenne" is produced (Paris) on this day in history.   

Jun 14   Robert Marion La Follette, Wisconsin, pres candidate (Progressive) in the year 1855.   

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   In the year 1855 maude Valerie White, composer   

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

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

Jul 03   On this day in history piotr Maszynski, composer   

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

Jul 09   On this day in history 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 in the year 1855.   

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

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

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   On this day in history birth of jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889)   

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   On this day in history birth of ernst Kullak, composer   

Jan 23   John Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1855 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   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   On this day in history death of josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791)   

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