Page 3: Historical Events In 1855

Apr 29   Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) [OS] in the year 1855.   

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   In the year 1855 antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens   

May 04   In the year 1855 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) on this day in history.   

May 15   In the year 1855 eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege)   

May 15   Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

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

May 27   Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies in the year 1855.   

Jun 01   On this day in history 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   On this day in history anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention   

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

Jun 13   On this day in history opera "Les Vêpres Sicilenne" is produced (Paris)   

Jun 14   In the year 1855 robert Marion La Follette, Wisconsin, pres candidate (Progressive)   

Jun 17   Fritz Steinbach, composer on this day in history.   

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

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   Maude Valerie White, composer in the year 1855.   

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   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 in the year 1855.   

Jul 14   Richard Samuel Hughes, composer in the year 1855.   

Jul 16   In the year 1855 charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer   

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

Jan 20   Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 21   John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer was born in the year 1855.   

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   On this day in history death of giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779)   

Jan 10   On this day in history mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67   

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   Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 23   In the year 1855 carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies   

Mar 02   Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58 in the year 1855.