Page 3: Historical Events In 1855

May 02   Theodore Moses Tobani, composer.   

May 03   Antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens   

May 04   Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66   

May 05   NYC regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration   

May 09   Julius Rontgen, composer   

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

May 11   Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake)   

May 15   Eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege).   

May 15   Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75.   

May 21   Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes)   

May 24   Arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright.   

May 27   Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies.   

Jun 01   US adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery   

Jun 02   The Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine   

Jun 05   Anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention   

Jun 05   Anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's inaugural convention   

Jun 13   Opera "Les Vêpres Sicilenne" is produced (Paris)   

Jun 14   Robert Marion La Follette, Wisconsin, pres candidate (Progressive)   

Jun 17   Fritz Steinbach, composer   

Jun 17   Heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed.   

Jun 20   Commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin.   

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

Jun 23   Maude Valerie White, composer   

Jun 28   Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer, dies at 86.   

Jun 28   The Sigma Chi Fraternity was founded at Miami University   

Jul 03   Piotr Maszynski, composer   

Jul 04   In Brooklyn, New York, the inaugural edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, titled Leaves of Grass, is published.   

Jul 09   Johann P Zilcher, German composer   

Jul 09   Lord Raglan Commander of the British forces during the Crimean War.   

Jul 14   Richard Samuel Hughes, composer   

Jul 16   Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer   

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

Jul 25   Edward Solomon, composer   

Jul 30   James Edward Kelly, US, sculptor "Sculptor of American History"   

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Jan 03   Hubert bland: English socialist   

Jan 05   King camp gillette: Inventor (safety razor)   

Jan 10   Peter j blok: Dutch historian (history of the dutch people)   

Jan 15   Jacques damala: Greek military officer and actor   

Jan 20   Amedee-ernest chausson: Composer   

Jan 21   John m browning: Us, weapons manufacturer   

Jan 22   Ernst kullak: Composer   

Jan 23   John moses browning: American inventor   

Jan 06   Giacomo beltrami: Italian explorer (b. 1779)   

Jan 10   Mary russell mitford: Engl playwright/poet (julian),   

Jan 25   Dorothy wordsworth: Writer,   

Jan 26   Gérard de nerval: French writer (b. 1808)   

Feb 06   Josef munzinger: Swiss federal councilor (b. 1791)   

Feb 20   Joseph hume: Social reformer,   

Feb 23   Carl friedrich gauss: Mathematician,    

Mar 02   Nicholas i pavlovitch: Tsar of russia (1825-55),