Page 5: Historical Events In 1855

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

Nov 10   Josiah Royce, US, philosopher (conception of God) on this day in history.   

Nov 13   Daniel F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker on this day in history.   

Nov 17   David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe in the year 1855.   

Nov 19   Billy Bates, cricketer (England all-rounder 1882-87, hat-trick 1883) in the year 1855.   

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   The Great Western Railway "branch" between Hamilton and Toronto is opened to traffic on this day in history.   

Dec 11   In the year 1855 julian Edwards, composer   

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   Paul Ehrenreich, German etnologist/mythologist in the year 1855.   

Dec 30   On this day in history heinrich Hart, German writer (Song of Humanity)   

Dec 31   Giovanni Pascoli, Italian classicist/poet in the year 1855.   

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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   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   In the year 1855 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 in the year 1855.   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1855 death of giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779)   

Jan 10   Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67 in the year 1855.   

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   On this day in history death of josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791)   

Feb 20   Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.