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   Hottest July in Stockholm since at least 1756 (21.4°C avg) in the year 1855.   

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

Aug 03   In the year 1855 rotterdam-Gouda railway opens   

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   On this day in history francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer, dies at 36   

Aug 29   In the year 1855 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   In the year 1855 ferdinand B Hummel, composer   

Sep 08   On this day in history crimean war   

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

Sep 24   Alexandre Stievenard, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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 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   On this day in history isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor   

Oct 09   Joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1855.   

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

Oct 28   On this day in history ivan V Mitshurin, Russian botanist (new types of fruit)   

Nov 01   On this day in history guido Adler, Austria, musicologist (Still in the Music)   

Nov 05   On this day in history eugene V Debs, labor organizer, Socialist presidential candidate   

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   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   John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer was born in the year 1855.   

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

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

Jan 25   Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jan 26   On this day in history 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   In the year 1855 carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies   

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