Historical Events In 1855

Jul 25   On this day in history edward Solomon, composer  

Jul 30   On this day in history james Edward Kelly, US, sculptor "Sculptor of American History"  

Jul 31   In the year 1855 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 on this day in history.  

Aug 03   Rotterdam-Gouda railway opens in the year 1855.  

Aug 04   John Bartlett publishes "Familiar Quotations" on this day in history.  

Aug 09   On this day in history battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising  

Aug 27   In the year 1855 francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer, dies at 36  

Aug 29   Emil Pauer, composer in the year 1855.  

Aug 31   Stefan Surzynski, composer in the year 1855.  

Sep 03   In the year 1855 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 in the year 1855.  

Sep 08   In the year 1855 crimean war  

Sep 09   On this day in history houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist  

Sep 24   Alexandre Stievenard, composer, dies at 86 in the year 1855.  

Sep 27   George F Bristow's "Rip Van Winkle," 2nd American opera, opens in NYC in the year 1855.  

Sep 28   On this day in history thomas F Tout, London, historian (Manchester school of historiography)  

Sep 29   Michele Esposito, composer in the year 1855.  

Oct 06   August L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Oct 08   On this day in history gustav Ehrismann, German germanist  

Oct 09   Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor on this day in history.  

Oct 09   Joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope in the year 1855.  

Oct 12   Arthur Nikisch, Szent-Miklos Hungary, conductor (Berlin Philharmonic) on this day in history.  

Oct 13   Gottfried Rieger, composer, dies at 91 in the year 1855.  

Oct 14   George Edwardes, British composer (Gaiety Girl) in the year 1855.  

Oct 16   In the year 1855 camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian  

Oct 17   On this day in history bessemer steelmaking process patented  

Oct 18   In the year 1855 franz Liszt's "Prometheus," premieres  

Oct 25   Willem F earl van Bylandt, military, dies at 84 in the year 1855.  

Oct 26   In the year 1855 charles Post, who had a way with breakfast cereals (Post Cereals)  

Oct 28   Ivan V Mitshurin, Russian botanist (new types of fruit) on this day in history.  

Nov 01   In the year 1855 guido Adler, Austria, musicologist (Still in the Music)  

Nov 05   In the year 1855 eugene V Debs, labor organizer, Socialist presidential candidate  

Nov 06   Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer 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   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 in the year 1855.  

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   John Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 26   In the year 1855 death of gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)  

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.