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

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

Jan 10   On this day in history mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67   

Jan 10   In the year 1855 peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People)   

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

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

Jan 22   Ernst Kullak, composer in the year 1855.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83 in the year 1855.   

Jan 26   On this day in history arthur Hervey, composer   

Jan 28   In the year 1855 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   On this day in history 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   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   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   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 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   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   In the year 1855 otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I)   

Feb 20   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1855.   

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

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

Jan 06   In the year 1855 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 in the year 1855.   

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 in the year 1855.   

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

Mar 02   Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58 in the year 1855.