Page 3: Historical Events In 1855

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

Apr 30   Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68 in the year 1855.   

May 02   In the year 1855 theodore Moses Tobani, composer   

May 03   Antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens on this day in history.   

May 04   Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66 in the year 1855.   

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

May 09   Julius Rontgen, composer in the year 1855.   

May 10   In the year 1855 anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS]   

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

May 15   Eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege) in the year 1855.   

May 15   In the year 1855 jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75   

May 21   Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes) in the year 1855.   

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   The Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine on this day in history.   

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

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

Jun 13   On this day in history opera "Les Vêpres Sicilenne" is produced (Paris)   

Jun 14   Robert Marion La Follette, Wisconsin, pres candidate (Progressive) on this day in history.   

Jun 17   On this day in history fritz Steinbach, composer   

Jun 17   Heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed in the year 1855.   

Jun 20   Commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin on this day in history.   

Jun 22   Sam Morris, Hobart, cricketer (Barbados parents only black Aus player) in the year 1855.   

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

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1855 johann P Zilcher, German composer   

Jul 09   Lord Raglan Commander of the British forces during the Crimean War in the year 1855.   

Jul 14   Richard Samuel Hughes, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 16   In the year 1855 charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer   

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   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   In the year 1855 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   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 in the year 1855.   

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 in the year 1855.   

Jan 26   In the year 1855 death of gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)   

Feb 06   In the year 1855 death of josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791)   

Feb 20   On this day in history joseph Hume, social reformer, dies   

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 on this day in history.