Historical Events In 1855

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

Apr 30   In the year 1855 henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68  

May 02   Theodore Moses Tobani, composer in the year 1855.  

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

May 04   Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake)  

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

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   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   US adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery in the year 1855.  

Jun 02   In the year 1855 the Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine.  

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

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   Commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin on this day in history.  

Jun 22   In the year 1855 sam Morris, Hobart, cricketer (Barbados parents only black Aus player)  

Jun 23   On this day in history 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 in the year 1855.  

Jul 03   Piotr Maszynski, composer on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history johann P Zilcher, German composer  

Jul 09   In the year 1855 lord Raglan Commander of the British forces during the Crimean War  

Jul 14   In the year 1855 richard Samuel Hughes, composer  

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

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

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

Jan 05   King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor) was born in the year 1855.  

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

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   John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of ernst Kullak, composer  

Jan 23   In the year 1855 birth of john Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926)  

Jan 06   In the year 1855 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   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 on this day in history.  

Mar 02   On this day in history nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58