Page 3: Historical Events In 1855

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

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   On this day in history camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66   

May 05   NYC regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration on this day in history.   

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   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   Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75 in the year 1855.   

May 21   In the year 1855 emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes)   

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

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   The Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine in the year 1855.   

Jun 05   On this day in history anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention   

Jun 05   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1855.   

Jun 22   Sam Morris, Hobart, cricketer (Barbados parents only black Aus player) on this day in history.   

Jun 23   Maude Valerie White, composer in the year 1855.   

Jun 28   On this day in history giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer, dies at 86   

Jun 28   The Sigma Chi Fraternity was founded at Miami University in the year 1855.   

Jul 03   On this day in history piotr Maszynski, composer   

Jul 04   In Brooklyn, New York, the first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, titled Leaves of Grass, is published in the year 1855.   

Jul 09   In the year 1855 johann P Zilcher, German composer   

Jul 09   On this day in history lord Raglan Commander of the British forces during the Crimean War   

Jul 14   On this day in history richard Samuel Hughes, composer   

Jul 16   On this day in history 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   Hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914) was born in the year 1855.   

Jan 05   King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor) was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer   

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

Jan 06   Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779) died on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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   Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

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