Page 3: Historical Events In 1855

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

Apr 30   On this day in history henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68   

May 02   On this day in history theodore Moses Tobani, composer   

May 03   Antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens on this day in history.   

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   Julius Rontgen, composer in the year 1855.   

May 10   Anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS] on this day in history.   

May 11   In the year 1855 anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake)   

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

May 15   In the year 1855 jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75   

May 21   Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes) in the year 1855.   

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   On this day in history uS adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery   

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

Jun 13   Opera "Les Vêpres Sicilenne" is produced (Paris) on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1855 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   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   Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer, dies at 86 in the year 1855.   

Jun 28   In the year 1855 the Sigma Chi Fraternity was founded at Miami University   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 09   Lord Raglan Commander of the British forces during the Crimean War on this day in history.   

Jul 14   In the year 1855 richard Samuel Hughes, composer   

Jul 16   Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer in the year 1855.   

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

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

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   On this day in history birth of john Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926)   

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   On this day in history joseph Hume, social reformer, dies   

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.