Historical Events In 1855

Apr 29   Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) [OS] in the year 1855.   

Apr 30   Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

May 02   On this day in history theodore Moses Tobani, composer   

May 03   On this day in history antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens   

May 04   In the year 1855 camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66   

May 05   In the year 1855 nYC regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration   

May 09   Julius Rontgen, composer on this day in history.   

May 10   On this day in history anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS]   

May 11   In the year 1855 anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake)   

May 15   Eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege) on this day in history.   

May 15   Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

May 21   In the year 1855 emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes)   

May 24   In the year 1855 arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright   

May 27   In the year 1855 nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies   

Jun 01   US adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery on this day in history.   

Jun 02   On this day in history the Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine.   

Jun 05   In the year 1855 anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention   

Jun 05   On this day in history anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's first convention   

Jun 13   In the year 1855 opera "Les Vêpres Sicilenne" is produced (Paris)   

Jun 14   Robert Marion La Follette, Wisconsin, pres candidate (Progressive) in the year 1855.   

Jun 17   Fritz Steinbach, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 17   On this day in history heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed   

Jun 20   On this day in history commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin   

Jun 22   On this day in history sam Morris, Hobart, cricketer (Barbados parents only black Aus player)   

Jun 23   Maude Valerie White, composer in the year 1855.   

Jun 28   Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Jun 28   On this day in history the Sigma Chi Fraternity was founded at Miami University   

Jul 03   In the year 1855 piotr Maszynski, composer   

Jul 04   On this day in history in Brooklyn, New York, the first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, titled Leaves of Grass, is published.   

Jul 09   Johann P Zilcher, German composer on this day in history.   

Jul 09   On this day in history lord Raglan Commander of the British forces during the Crimean War   

Jul 14   Richard Samuel Hughes, composer in the year 1855.   

Jul 16   On this day in history charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer   

Jul 20   1st train from Rotterdam to Utrecht in Netherlands in the year 1855.   

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Jan 03   In the year 1855 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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1855.   

Jan 21   John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer was born on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1855 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 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.