Famous Personalities Born In 1855

Jan 03 In the year 1855 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 Peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 15 In the year 1855 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 On this day in history birth of john M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer  

Jan 22 Ernst Kullak, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 26 Arthur Hervey, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 28 On this day in history birth of william Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine)  

Feb 13 Paul Deschanel, French President (d. 1922) was born in the year 1855.  

Feb 15 On this day in history birth of gustav Hollaender, composer  

Feb 17 On this day in history birth of otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I)  

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 In the year 1855 birth of george Bonnor, cricketer (big-hitting Aussie batter 1880-1888)  

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

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

Mar 24 On this day in history birth of andrew W Mellon, founder (Mellon Bank)/US Sec of Treasury  

Mar 24 In the year 1855 birth of olive Schreiner, S African writer (Portrait of a South African Woman)  

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 in the year 1855.  

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 Edmund van der Straeten, composer was born on this day in history.  

May 02 In the year 1855 birth of theodore Moses Tobani, composer  

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

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 Eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege) was born in the year 1855.  

May 15 In the year 1855 birth of graf Keyserling, writer  

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 In the year 1855 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 On this day in history dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83  

Jan 26 Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808) died on this day in history.  

Feb 06 Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791) died in the year 1855.  

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.