Page 3: Historical Events In 1855

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

May 05   In the year 1855 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   On this day in history anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake)   

May 15   Eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege) on this day in history.   

May 15   On this day in history jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75   

May 21   Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes) on this day in history.   

May 24   In the year 1855 arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright   

May 27   Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies on this day in history.   

Jun 01   In the year 1855 uS adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery   

Jun 02   On this day in history the Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine.   

Jun 05   Anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention in the year 1855.   

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   In the year 1855 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 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 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   Johann P Zilcher, German composer in the year 1855.   

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

Jul 14   On this day in history 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   

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Jan 03   On this day in history 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   Peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 15   In the year 1855 birth of jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889)   

Jan 20   In the year 1855 birth of amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer   

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

Jan 26   Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808) died on this day in history.   

Feb 06   Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791) died in the year 1855.   

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 on this day in history.