Page 4: Historical Events In 1855

Jul 25   Edward Solomon, composer in the year 1855.   

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   On this day in history castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants   

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

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

Aug 29   Emil Pauer, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 31   Stefan Surzynski, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history ferdinand B Hummel, composer   

Sep 08   Crimean war in the year 1855.   

Sep 09   Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist in the year 1855.   

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

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

Sep 28   Thomas F Tout, London, historian (Manchester school of historiography) on this day in history.   

Sep 29   In the year 1855 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   Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor in the year 1855.   

Oct 09   On this day in history joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope   

Oct 12   On this day in history arthur Nikisch, Szent-Miklos Hungary, conductor (Berlin Philharmonic)   

Oct 13   Gottfried Rieger, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

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   Bessemer steelmaking process patented in the year 1855.   

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

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

Oct 26   Charles Post, who had a way with breakfast cereals (Post Cereals) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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Jan 03   Hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914) was born in the year 1855.   

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

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   On this day in history mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67   

Jan 25   On this day in history dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83   

Jan 26   On this day in history death of gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)   

Feb 06   In the year 1855 death of josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791)   

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

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