Page 3: Historical Events In 1855

Apr 29   Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) [OS] on this day in history.   

Apr 30   In the year 1855 henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68   

May 02   Theodore Moses Tobani, composer on this day in history.   

May 03   In the year 1855 antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens   

May 04   On this day in history camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66   

May 05   NYC regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration on this day in history.   

May 09   Julius Rontgen, composer in the year 1855.   

May 10   Anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS] in the year 1855.   

May 11   Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) on this day in history.   

May 15   In the year 1855 eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege)   

May 15   Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75 in the year 1855.   

May 21   On this day in history emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes)   

May 24   Arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright in the year 1855.   

May 27   Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies on this day in history.   

Jun 01   On this day in history uS adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery   

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

Jun 05   On this day in history anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention   

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

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

Jun 14   In the year 1855 robert Marion La Follette, Wisconsin, pres candidate (Progressive)   

Jun 17   In the year 1855 fritz Steinbach, composer   

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

Jun 20   In the year 1855 commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin   

Jun 22   In the year 1855 sam Morris, Hobart, cricketer (Barbados parents only black Aus player)   

Jun 23   On this day in history maude Valerie White, composer   

Jun 28   In the year 1855 giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer, dies at 86   

Jun 28   The Sigma Chi Fraternity was founded at Miami University on this day in history.   

Jul 03   In the year 1855 piotr Maszynski, composer   

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

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

Jul 09   Lord Raglan Commander of the British forces during the Crimean War on this day in history.   

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

Jul 16   Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer on this day in history.   

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

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Jan 03   Hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914) was born in the year 1855.   

Jan 05   In the year 1855 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   Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 20   On this day in history birth of amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer   

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

Jan 22   In the year 1855 birth of ernst Kullak, composer   

Jan 23   John Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926) was born in the year 1855.   

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

Jan 10   On this day in history 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   On this day in history death of josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791)   

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.