Historical Events In 1855

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

Jan 05   On this day in history uSS Plymouth crew skirmish with Chinese troops   

Jan 09   On this day in history clipper Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies   

Jan 09   The clipper ship Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies in the year 1855.   

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

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

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

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

Jan 22   On this day in history 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   Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83 in the year 1855.   

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

Jan 28   On this day in history the first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway.   

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

Jan 31   Western railroads blocked by snow in the year 1855.   

Feb 01   Third plague pandemic in Worldwide killing 12 million+ in India and China alone people in the year 1855.   

Feb 01   Yellow fever in United States on this day in history.   

Feb 03   On this day in history 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 in the year 1855.   

Feb 05   In the year 1855 british government of Palmerston forms   

Feb 05   On this day in history british govt of Palmerston forms   

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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) in the year 1855.   

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

Feb 21   Alice Freeman Palmer, educator (Hall of Fame) on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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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   In the year 1855 birth of peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People)   

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   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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 06   On this day in history death of josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791)   

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

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

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