Page 4: Historical Events In 1855

Jul 31   Hottest July in Stockholm since at least 1756 (21.4°C avg)   

Aug 01   Castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants.   

Aug 03   Rotterdam-Gouda railway opens   

Aug 04   In this year, John Bartlett publishes "Familiar Quotations".   

Aug 09   Battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising.   

Aug 27   Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer, dies at 36   

Aug 29   Emil Pauer, composer.   

Aug 31   Stefan Surzynski, composer.   

Sep 03   Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village, killing 100 men, women, and children   

Sep 06   Ferdinand B Hummel, composer.   

Sep 08   Crimean war   

Sep 09   Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist.   

Sep 24   Alexandre Stievenard, composer, dies at 86   

Sep 27   George F Bristow's "Rip Van Winkle," 2nd American opera, opens in NYC   

Sep 28   Thomas F Tout, London, historian (Manchester school of historiography)   

Sep 29   Michele Esposito, composer   

Oct 06   August L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75.   

Oct 08   Gustav Ehrismann, German germanist.   

Oct 09   Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor.   

Oct 09   Joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope   

Oct 12   Arthur Nikisch, Szent-Miklos Hungary, conductor (Berlin Philharmonic)   

Oct 13   Gottfried Rieger, composer, dies at 91.   

Oct 14   George Edwardes, British composer (Gaiety Girl).   

Oct 16   Camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian.   

Oct 17   Bessemer steelmaking process patented.   

Oct 18   Franz Liszt's "Prometheus," premieres.   

Oct 25   Willem F earl van Bylandt, military, dies at 84   

Oct 26   Charles Post, who had a way with breakfast cereals (Post Cereals)   

Oct 28   Ivan V Mitshurin, Russian botanist (new types of fruit)   

Nov 01   Guido Adler, Austria, musicologist (Still in the Music)   

Nov 05   Eugene V Debs, labor organizer, Socialist presidential candidate   

Nov 06   Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer.   

Nov 07   Edwin H Hall, US physicist (Hall effect)   

Nov 10   Josiah Royce, US, philosopher (conception of God).   

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Jan 03   Hubert bland: English socialist   

Jan 05   King camp gillette: Inventor (safety razor)   

Jan 10   Peter j blok: Dutch historian (history of the dutch people)   

Jan 15   Jacques damala: Greek military officer and actor   

Jan 20   Amedee-ernest chausson: Composer   

Jan 21   John m browning: Us, weapons manufacturer   

Jan 22   Ernst kullak: Composer   

Jan 23   John moses browning: American inventor   

Jan 06   Giacomo beltrami: Italian explorer (b. 1779)   

Jan 10   Mary russell mitford: Engl playwright/poet (julian),    

Jan 25   Dorothy wordsworth: Writer,   

Jan 26   Gérard de nerval: French writer (b. 1808)   

Feb 06   Josef munzinger: Swiss federal councilor (b. 1791)   

Feb 20   Joseph hume: Social reformer,   

Feb 23   Carl friedrich gauss: Mathematician,   

Mar 02   Nicholas i pavlovitch: Tsar of russia (1825-55),