Historical Events In 1855

May 02   In the year 1855 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   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   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   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   On this day in history anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention  

Jun 05   In the year 1855 anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's first convention  

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   Fritz Steinbach, composer in the year 1855.  

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   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   On this day in history giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer, dies at 86  

Jun 28   On this day in history the Sigma Chi Fraternity was founded at Miami University  

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   Johann P Zilcher, German composer in the year 1855.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 25   On this day in history edward Solomon, composer  

Jul 30   In the year 1855 james Edward Kelly, US, sculptor "Sculptor of American History"  

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914)  

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

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1855 mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67  

Jan 25   Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83 in the year 1855.  

Jan 26   Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808) died in the year 1855.  

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   Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies in the year 1855.  

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