Historical Events In 1855

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

Jan 05   In the year 1855 uSS Plymouth crew skirmish with Chinese troops   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67 in the year 1855.   

Jan 10   Peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People) in the year 1855.   

Jan 20   Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer on this day in history.   

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

Jan 22   In the year 1855 ernst Kullak, composer   

Jan 23   In the year 1855 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   Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83 in the year 1855.   

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 in the year 1855.   

Jan 28   William Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine) on this day in history.   

Jan 31   Western railroads blocked by snow on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 03   Wisconsin Supreme Court declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional in the year 1855.   

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

Feb 04   In the year 1855 soldiers shoot Jewish families in Coro, Venezuela   

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   On this day in history uS citizenship laws amended all children of US parents born abroad granted US citizenship   

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   On this day in history michigan State University was established.   

Feb 14   In the year 1855 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   Gustav Hollaender, composer on this day in history.   

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

Feb 20   In the year 1855 joseph Hume, social reformer, dies   

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

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

Feb 24   US Court of Claims established for cases against the government in the year 1855.   

Feb 24   US Court of Claims forms for cases against govt in the year 1855.   

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

Jan 10   In the year 1855 mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67   

Jan 25   Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 20   In the year 1855 joseph Hume, social reformer, dies   

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

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