Historical Events In 1855

Jan 05   In the year 1855 king Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor)   

Jan 05   USS Plymouth crew skirmish with Chinese troops on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Clipper Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies in the year 1855.   

Jan 09   The clipper ship Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies in the year 1855.   

Jan 10   Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 21   On this day in history john M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer   

Jan 22   In the year 1855 ernst Kullak, composer   

Jan 23   On this day in history the first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge.   

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

Jan 26   In the year 1855 arthur Hervey, composer   

Jan 28   The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway on this day in history.   

Jan 28   William Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine) in the year 1855.   

Jan 31   Western railroads blocked by snow in the year 1855.   

Feb 01   Third plague pandemic in Worldwide killing 12 million+ in India and China alone people on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Yellow fever in United States in the year 1855.   

Feb 03   In the year 1855 wisconsin Supreme Court declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional   

Feb 03   On this day in history wisconsin Supreme Ct declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional   

Feb 04   Soldiers shoot Jewish families in Coro, Venezuela on this day in history.   

Feb 05   British government of Palmerston forms on this day in history.   

Feb 05   On this day in history british govt of Palmerston forms   

Feb 08   On this day in history the Devil's Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon.   

Feb 10   US citizenship laws amended all children of US parents born abroad granted US citizenship in the year 1855.   

Feb 11   In the year 1855 kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam.   

Feb 12   In the year 1855 michigan State University was established.   

Feb 14   Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas in the year 1855.   

Feb 15   Gustav Hollaender, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 17   Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I) in the year 1855.   

Feb 20   On this day in history joseph Hume, social reformer, dies   

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

Feb 23   In the year 1855 carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies   

Feb 24   In the year 1855 uS Court of Claims established for cases against the government   

Feb 24   On this day in history uS Court of Claims forms for cases against govt   

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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   Peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 15   On this day in history birth of jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889)   

Jan 20   Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer was born in the year 1855.   

Jan 21   In the year 1855 birth of john M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer   

Jan 22   Ernst Kullak, composer was born in the year 1855.   

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

Jan 06   On this day in history death of giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779)   

Jan 10   Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83 in the year 1855.   

Jan 26   On this day in history 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   On this day in history joseph Hume, social reformer, dies   

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.