Historical Events In 1855

Jan 05   King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor) in the year 1855.   

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

Jan 09   Clipper Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jan 22   In the year 1855 ernst Kullak, composer   

Jan 23   The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge in the year 1855.   

Jan 25   In the year 1855 dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83   

Jan 26   Arthur Hervey, composer in the year 1855.   

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   On this day in history western railroads blocked by snow   

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

Feb 01   In the year 1855 yellow fever in United States   

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   In the year 1855 british government of Palmerston forms   

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

Feb 08   The Devil's Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon on this day in history.   

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

Feb 11   On this day in history 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   On this day in history texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.   

Feb 15   On this day in history gustav Hollaender, composer   

Feb 17   Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I) on this day in history.   

Feb 20   Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies in the year 1855.   

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

Feb 23   Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies in the year 1855.   

Feb 24   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1855.   

Jan 15   Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 20   In the year 1855 birth of amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer   

Jan 21   John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer was born in the year 1855.   

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of ernst Kullak, composer   

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

Jan 06   Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779) died on this day in history.   

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   Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791) died on this day in history.   

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

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

Mar 02   On this day in history nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58