Page 4: Historical Events In 1855

Jul 25   Edward Solomon, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 30   In the year 1855 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   In the year 1855 castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants   

Aug 03   Rotterdam-Gouda railway opens on this day in history.   

Aug 04   John Bartlett publishes "Familiar Quotations" in the year 1855.   

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

Aug 27   Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

Aug 29   On this day in history emil Pauer, composer   

Aug 31   On this day in history 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 in the year 1855.   

Sep 06   In the year 1855 ferdinand B Hummel, composer   

Sep 08   Crimean war in the year 1855.   

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

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

Sep 27   On this day in history george F Bristow's "Rip Van Winkle," 2nd American opera, opens in NYC   

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

Sep 29   On this day in history michele Esposito, composer   

Oct 06   On this day in history august L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75   

Oct 08   In the year 1855 gustav Ehrismann, German germanist   

Oct 09   On this day in history isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor   

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

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   On this day in history willem F earl van Bylandt, military, dies at 84   

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

Oct 28   In the year 1855 ivan V Mitshurin, Russian botanist (new types of fruit)   

Nov 01   Guido Adler, Austria, musicologist (Still in the Music) in the year 1855.   

Nov 05   Eugene V Debs, labor organizer, Socialist presidential candidate on this day in history.   

Nov 06   Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer 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   Peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 15   Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 21   John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 23   John Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history death of giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779)   

Jan 10   Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67 in the year 1855.   

Jan 25   Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83 in the year 1855.   

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

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

Feb 20   Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies in the year 1855.   

Feb 23   In the year 1855 carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies   

Mar 02   In the year 1855 nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58