Historical Events In 1855

Jul 25   In the year 1855 edward Solomon, composer   

Jul 30   James Edward Kelly, US, sculptor "Sculptor of American History" on this day in history.   

Jul 31   On this day in history hottest July in Stockholm since at least 1756 (21.4°C avg)   

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

Aug 03   Rotterdam-Gouda railway opens on this day in history.   

Aug 04   John Bartlett publishes "Familiar Quotations" on this day in history.   

Aug 09   In the year 1855 battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising   

Aug 27   In the year 1855 francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer, dies at 36   

Aug 29   On this day in history emil Pauer, composer   

Aug 31   Stefan Surzynski, composer on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1855.   

Sep 06   On this day in history ferdinand B Hummel, composer   

Sep 08   Crimean war in the year 1855.   

Sep 09   On this day in history houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist   

Sep 24   Alexandre Stievenard, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Sep 27   On this day in history george F Bristow's "Rip Van Winkle," 2nd American opera, opens in NYC   

Sep 28   Thomas F Tout, London, historian (Manchester school of historiography) on this day in history.   

Sep 29   On this day in history michele Esposito, composer   

Oct 06   In the year 1855 august L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75   

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

Oct 09   Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor in the year 1855.   

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

Oct 12   Arthur Nikisch, Szent-Miklos Hungary, conductor (Berlin Philharmonic) on this day in history.   

Oct 13   Gottfried Rieger, composer, dies at 91 in the year 1855.   

Oct 14   George Edwardes, British composer (Gaiety Girl) in the year 1855.   

Oct 16   Camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian on this day in history.   

Oct 17   On this day in history bessemer steelmaking process patented   

Oct 18   Franz Liszt's "Prometheus," premieres in the year 1855.   

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   On this day in history guido Adler, Austria, musicologist (Still in the Music)   

Nov 05   Eugene V Debs, labor organizer, Socialist presidential candidate in the year 1855.   

Nov 06   Eduard Yosif Kotek, composer on this day in history.   

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

Jan 05   King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor) was born in the year 1855.   

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 in the year 1855.   

Jan 22   Ernst Kullak, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1855 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   On this day in history dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83   

Jan 26   On this day in history death of gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)   

Feb 06   On this day in history death of josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791)   

Feb 20   Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 23   In the year 1855 carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies   

Mar 02   In the year 1855 nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58