Famous Birthdays In 1855

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914)  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of king Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor)  

Jan 10 In the year 1855 birth of peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 22 In the year 1855 birth of ernst Kullak, composer  

Jan 23 On this day in history birth of john Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926)  

Jan 26 In the year 1855 birth of arthur Hervey, composer  

Jan 28 In the year 1855 birth of william Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine)  

Feb 13 In the year 1855 birth of paul Deschanel, French President (d. 1922)  

Feb 15 In the year 1855 birth of gustav Hollaender, composer  

Feb 17 In the year 1855 birth of otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I)  

Feb 21 Alice Freeman Palmer, educator (Hall of Fame) was born in the year 1855.  

Feb 25 On this day in history birth of cesário Verde, Portuguese poet (d. 1886)  

Feb 25 George Bonnor, cricketer (big-hitting Aussie batter 1880-1888) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 12 In the year 1855 birth of john White, composer  

Mar 13 Percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 24 Andrew W Mellon, founder (Mellon Bank)/US Sec of Treasury was born on this day in history.  

Mar 24 On this day in history birth of olive Schreiner, S African writer (Portrait of a South African Woman)  

Mar 31 Alfred E. Hunt, founder of Alcoa (d. 1899) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 09 Gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author/poet was born in the year 1855.  

Apr 18 On this day in history birth of abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen)  

Apr 18 In the year 1855 birth of josef Gruber, composer  

Apr 29 Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) [OS] was born on this day in history.  

Apr 29 On this day in history birth of edmund van der Straeten, composer  

May 02 Theodore Moses Tobani, composer was born in the year 1855.  

May 09 In the year 1855 birth of julius Rontgen, composer  

May 10 Anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS] was born on this day in history.  

May 11 Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) was born in the year 1855.  

May 15 In the year 1855 birth of eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege)  

May 15 On this day in history birth of graf Keyserling, writer  

May 21 On this day in history birth of emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes)  

May 24 Arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 26 Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808) died in the year 1855.  

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

Mar 02 In the year 1855 nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58