Page 5: Historical Events In 1855

Nov 07   Edwin H Hall, US physicist (Hall effect) on this day in history.   

Nov 10   In the year 1855 josiah Royce, US, philosopher (conception of God)   

Nov 13   In the year 1855 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   Billy Bates, cricketer (England all-rounder 1882-87, hat-trick 1883) on this day in history.   

Nov 26   Adam B Mickiewicz, Polish poet (Polish Legion), dies at 56 in the year 1855.   

Nov 30   In the year 1855 marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of Agriculture/Finance   

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

Dec 11   On this day in history julian Edwards, composer   

Dec 23   On this day in history alan Gray, composer   

Dec 25   On this day in history james Galvin, pitcher, shut-out every opposing team in 1884   

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   In the year 1855 arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, composer   

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   On this day in history giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet   

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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 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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of ernst Kullak, composer   

Jan 23   John Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 26   On this day in history death of gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)   

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

Feb 20   Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies in the year 1855.   

Feb 23   On this day in history carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies   

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