Page 4: Historical Events In 1855

Jul 25   On this day in history edward Solomon, composer   

Jul 30   In the year 1855 james Edward Kelly, US, sculptor "Sculptor of American History"   

Jul 31   Hottest July in Stockholm since at least 1756 (21.4°C avg) on this day in history.   

Aug 01   Castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants in the year 1855.   

Aug 03   In the year 1855 rotterdam-Gouda railway opens   

Aug 04   On this day in history john Bartlett publishes "Familiar Quotations"   

Aug 09   On this day in history battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising   

Aug 27   Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer, dies at 36 in the year 1855.   

Aug 29   Emil Pauer, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 31   In the year 1855 stefan Surzynski, composer   

Sep 03   Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village, killing 100 men, women, and children on this day in history.   

Sep 06   Ferdinand B Hummel, composer in the year 1855.   

Sep 08   Crimean war in the year 1855.   

Sep 09   In the year 1855 houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist   

Sep 24   In the year 1855 alexandre Stievenard, composer, dies at 86   

Sep 27   George F Bristow's "Rip Van Winkle," 2nd American opera, opens in NYC in the year 1855.   

Sep 28   On this day in history thomas F Tout, London, historian (Manchester school of historiography)   

Sep 29   Michele Esposito, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 06   August L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75 in the year 1855.   

Oct 08   Gustav Ehrismann, German germanist on this day in history.   

Oct 09   In the year 1855 isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor   

Oct 09   Joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope in the year 1855.   

Oct 12   In the year 1855 arthur Nikisch, Szent-Miklos Hungary, conductor (Berlin Philharmonic)   

Oct 13   Gottfried Rieger, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

Oct 14   In the year 1855 george Edwardes, British composer (Gaiety Girl)   

Oct 16   Camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian in the year 1855.   

Oct 17   Bessemer steelmaking process patented on this day in history.   

Oct 18   On this day in history franz Liszt's "Prometheus," premieres   

Oct 25   Willem F earl van Bylandt, military, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Oct 26   In the year 1855 charles Post, who had a way with breakfast cereals (Post Cereals)   

Oct 28   In the year 1855 ivan V Mitshurin, Russian botanist (new types of fruit)   

Nov 01   Guido Adler, Austria, musicologist (Still in the Music) in the year 1855.   

Nov 05   In the year 1855 eugene V Debs, labor organizer, Socialist presidential candidate   

Nov 06   Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer in the year 1855.   

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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   On this day in history birth of peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People)   

Jan 15   Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 20   Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 22   Ernst Kullak, composer was born in the year 1855.   

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

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 in the year 1855.   

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   Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791) died in the year 1855.   

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.