Page 4: Historical Events In 1855

Jul 25   Edward Solomon, composer in the year 1855.   

Jul 30   James Edward Kelly, US, sculptor "Sculptor of American History" on this day in history.   

Jul 31   Hottest July in Stockholm since at least 1756 (21.4°C avg) on this day in history.   

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

Aug 03   In the year 1855 rotterdam-Gouda railway opens   

Aug 04   On this day in history john Bartlett publishes "Familiar Quotations"   

Aug 09   Battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising in the year 1855.   

Aug 27   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1855.   

Sep 06   In the year 1855 ferdinand B Hummel, composer   

Sep 08   Crimean war on this day in history.   

Sep 09   Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist on this day in history.   

Sep 24   On this day in history alexandre Stievenard, composer, dies at 86   

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   In the year 1855 michele Esposito, composer   

Oct 06   August L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75 in the year 1855.   

Oct 08   Gustav Ehrismann, German germanist on this day in history.   

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

Oct 09   In the year 1855 joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope   

Oct 12   In the year 1855 arthur Nikisch, Szent-Miklos Hungary, conductor (Berlin Philharmonic)   

Oct 13   On this day in history gottfried Rieger, composer, dies at 91   

Oct 14   George Edwardes, British composer (Gaiety Girl) on this day in history.   

Oct 16   Camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian in the year 1855.   

Oct 17   Bessemer steelmaking process patented on this day in history.   

Oct 18   On this day in history franz Liszt's "Prometheus," premieres   

Oct 25   Willem F earl van Bylandt, military, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Oct 26   Charles Post, who had a way with breakfast cereals (Post Cereals) in the year 1855.   

Oct 28   Ivan V Mitshurin, Russian botanist (new types of fruit) in the year 1855.   

Nov 01   Guido Adler, Austria, musicologist (Still in the Music) on this day in history.   

Nov 05   Eugene V Debs, labor organizer, Socialist presidential candidate in the year 1855.   

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

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Jan 03   In the year 1855 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   In the year 1855 birth of peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People)   

Jan 15   Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889) was born in the year 1855.   

Jan 20   On this day in history birth of amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer   

Jan 21   On this day in history birth of john M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer   

Jan 22   Ernst Kullak, composer was born in the year 1855.   

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   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   Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808) died in the year 1855.   

Feb 06   On this day in history death of josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791)   

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   On this day in history nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58