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   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 in the year 1855.   

Aug 03   On this day in history rotterdam-Gouda railway opens   

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

Aug 09   In the year 1855 battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising   

Aug 27   Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer, dies at 36 in the year 1855.   

Aug 29   On this day in history emil Pauer, composer   

Aug 31   On this day in history stefan Surzynski, composer   

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 08   In the year 1855 crimean war   

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

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

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   Michele Esposito, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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   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   Franz Liszt's "Prometheus," premieres in the year 1855.   

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

Oct 26   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889)   

Jan 20   Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer was born in the year 1855.   

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

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of ernst Kullak, composer   

Jan 23   John Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926) was born in the year 1855.   

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

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   Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808) died on this day in history.   

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

Mar 02   On this day in history nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58