Historical Events In 1855

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

Apr 30   Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68 in the year 1855.  

May 02   On this day in history theodore Moses Tobani, composer  

May 03   On this day in history antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens  

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

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

May 09   On this day in history julius Rontgen, composer  

May 10   Anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS] on this day in history.  

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   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) in the year 1855.  

May 24   Arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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) on this day in history.  

Jun 14   On this day in history 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   On this day in history sam Morris, Hobart, cricketer (Barbados parents only black Aus player)  

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

Jul 03   On this day in history 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   Johann P Zilcher, German composer on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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Jan 03   Hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 10   Peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People) was born in the year 1855.  

Jan 15   Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889) was born in the year 1855.  

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   Ernst Kullak, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 23   In the year 1855 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   Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808) died on this day in history.  

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

Feb 20   On this day in history joseph Hume, social reformer, dies  

Feb 23   On this day in history carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies  

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