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" in the year 1855.   

Jul 31   On this day in history hottest July in Stockholm since at least 1756 (21.4°C avg)   

Aug 01   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1855 francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer, dies at 36   

Aug 29   On this day in history emil Pauer, composer   

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 06   On this day in history ferdinand B Hummel, composer   

Sep 08   Crimean war in the year 1855.   

Sep 09   In the year 1855 houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist   

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

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

Sep 28   In the year 1855 thomas F Tout, London, historian (Manchester school of historiography)   

Sep 29   On this day in history michele Esposito, composer   

Oct 06   In the year 1855 august L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75   

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   On this day in history joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope   

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

Oct 13   In the year 1855 gottfried Rieger, composer, dies at 91   

Oct 14   In the year 1855 george Edwardes, British composer (Gaiety Girl)   

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

Oct 17   In the year 1855 bessemer steelmaking process patented   

Oct 18   Franz Liszt's "Prometheus," premieres on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Nov 06   On this day in history eduard Yosif Kotek, composer   

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914)   

Jan 05   In the year 1855 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   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   In the year 1855 birth of john M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer   

Jan 22   Ernst Kullak, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 23   On this day in history birth of john Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926)   

Jan 06   In the year 1855 death of giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779)   

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   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   On this day in history joseph Hume, social reformer, dies   

Feb 23   On this day in history carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies   

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