Page 4: Historical Events In 1855

Jul 25   On this day in history edward Solomon, composer   

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   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   John Bartlett publishes "Familiar Quotations" in the year 1855.   

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

Sep 08   Crimean war in the year 1855.   

Sep 09   On this day in history houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist   

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

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   On this day in history gustav Ehrismann, German germanist   

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

Oct 14   George Edwardes, British composer (Gaiety Girl) on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1855 franz Liszt's "Prometheus," premieres   

Oct 25   On this day in history willem F earl van Bylandt, military, dies at 84   

Oct 26   On this day in history charles Post, who had a way with breakfast cereals (Post Cereals)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor) was born in the year 1855.   

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People)   

Jan 15   In the year 1855 birth of jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889)   

Jan 20   In the year 1855 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   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   In the year 1855 mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67   

Jan 25   In the year 1855 dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83   

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 in the year 1855.   

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

Mar 02   Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58 in the year 1855.