Page 5: Historical Events In 1855

Nov 07   Edwin H Hall, US physicist (Hall effect) in the year 1855.   

Nov 10   Josiah Royce, US, philosopher (conception of God) in the year 1855.   

Nov 13   On this day in history daniel F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker   

Nov 17   On this day in history david Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.   

Nov 19   On this day in history billy Bates, cricketer (England all-rounder 1882-87, hat-trick 1883)   

Nov 26   On this day in history adam B Mickiewicz, Polish poet (Polish Legion), dies at 56   

Nov 30   Marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of Agriculture/Finance on this day in history.   

Dec 03   The Great Western Railway "branch" between Hamilton and Toronto is opened to traffic in the year 1855.   

Dec 11   Julian Edwards, composer in the year 1855.   

Dec 23   Alan Gray, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 25   James Galvin, pitcher, shut-out every opposing team in 1884 on this day in history.   

Dec 25   Soldiers of the Royal Canadian Rifles at the Tête du Pont barracks clear ice from Lake Ontario and use field hockey sticks and lacrosse balls to play what is reputed to be the first game of ice hockey on this day in history.   

Dec 26   Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 27   On this day in history paul Ehrenreich, German etnologist/mythologist   

Dec 30   In the year 1855 heinrich Hart, German writer (Song of Humanity)   

Dec 31   Giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet on this day in history.   

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Jan 03   In the year 1855 birth of hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914)   

Jan 05   King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 15   Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889) was born in the year 1855.   

Jan 20   On this day in history birth of amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer   

Jan 21   John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer was born on this day in history.   

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   Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67 in the year 1855.   

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

Jan 26   Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808) died on this day in history.   

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

Feb 20   In the year 1855 joseph Hume, social reformer, dies   

Feb 23   Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

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