Historical Events In 1855

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

Jan 05   On this day in history 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 in the year 1855.   

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

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   John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer on this day in history.   

Jan 22   On this day in history 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   In the year 1855 western railroads blocked by snow   

Feb 01   On this day in history third plague pandemic in Worldwide killing 12 million+ in India and China alone people   

Feb 01   In the year 1855 yellow fever in United States   

Feb 03   Wisconsin Supreme Court declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional on this day in history.   

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

Feb 04   On this day in history soldiers shoot Jewish families in Coro, Venezuela   

Feb 05   British government of Palmerston forms in the year 1855.   

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

Feb 08   In the year 1855 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   Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam on this day in history.   

Feb 12   Michigan State University was established in the year 1855.   

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   In the year 1855 gustav Hollaender, composer   

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

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

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

Feb 23   Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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 06   Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779) died in the year 1855.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 23   On this day in history carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies   

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