Page 4: Historical Events In 1855

Jul 25   On this day in history edward Solomon, composer   

Jul 30   James Edward Kelly, US, sculptor "Sculptor of American History" in the year 1855.   

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

Aug 01   In the year 1855 castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants   

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

Aug 04   In the year 1855 john Bartlett publishes "Familiar Quotations"   

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

Aug 27   In the year 1855 francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer, dies at 36   

Aug 29   Emil Pauer, composer in the year 1855.   

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

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   On this day in history ferdinand B Hummel, composer   

Sep 08   On this day in history crimean war   

Sep 09   In the year 1855 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   In the year 1855 thomas F Tout, London, historian (Manchester school of historiography)   

Sep 29   Michele Esposito, composer in the year 1855.   

Oct 06   August L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Oct 08   Gustav Ehrismann, German germanist in the year 1855.   

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

Oct 14   George Edwardes, British composer (Gaiety Girl) in the year 1855.   

Oct 16   On this day in history camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian   

Oct 17   On this day in history bessemer steelmaking process patented   

Oct 18   Franz Liszt's "Prometheus," premieres in the year 1855.   

Oct 25   In the year 1855 willem F earl van Bylandt, military, dies at 84   

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   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   Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer on this day in history.   

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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 in the year 1855.   

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

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

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   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   Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791) died on this day in history.   

Feb 20   On this day in history joseph Hume, social reformer, dies   

Feb 23   Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies in the year 1855.   

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