Famous Personalities Born In 1855

Jan 03 Hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914) was born in the year 1855.  

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

Jan 10 In the year 1855 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 In the year 1855 birth of john M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer  

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

Jan 23 In the year 1855 birth of john Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926)  

Jan 26 On this day in history birth of arthur Hervey, composer  

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

Feb 13 On this day in history birth of paul Deschanel, French President (d. 1922)  

Feb 15 Gustav Hollaender, composer was born in the year 1855.  

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

Feb 21 On this day in history birth of alice Freeman Palmer, educator (Hall of Fame)  

Feb 25 Cesário Verde, Portuguese poet (d. 1886) was born in the year 1855.  

Feb 25 On this day in history birth of george Bonnor, cricketer (big-hitting Aussie batter 1880-1888)  

Mar 12 On this day in history birth of john White, composer  

Mar 13 Percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto) was born in the year 1855.  

Mar 24 In the year 1855 birth of andrew W Mellon, founder (Mellon Bank)/US Sec of Treasury  

Mar 24 Olive Schreiner, S African writer (Portrait of a South African Woman) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 31 In the year 1855 birth of alfred E. Hunt, founder of Alcoa (d. 1899)  

Apr 09 On this day in history birth of gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author/poet  

Apr 18 Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 18 Josef Gruber, composer was born in the year 1855.  

Apr 29 In the year 1855 birth of anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) [OS]  

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

May 02 On this day in history birth of theodore Moses Tobani, composer  

May 09 Julius Rontgen, composer was born on this day in history.  

May 10 On this day in history birth of anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS]  

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 Graf Keyserling, writer was born in the year 1855.  

May 21 In the year 1855 birth of emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes)  

May 24 In the year 1855 birth of arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright  

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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 in the year 1855.  

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

Feb 20 In the year 1855 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.