Famous Birthdays In 1855

Jan 03 Hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 In the year 1855 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 On this day in history 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 John M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer was born in the year 1855.  

Jan 22 On this day in history birth of ernst Kullak, composer  

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

Jan 26 On this day in history birth of arthur Hervey, composer  

Jan 28 In the year 1855 birth of william Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine)  

Feb 13 On this day in history birth of paul Deschanel, French President (d. 1922)  

Feb 15 In the year 1855 birth of gustav Hollaender, composer  

Feb 17 On this day in history birth of otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I)  

Feb 21 Alice Freeman Palmer, educator (Hall of Fame) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 25 In the year 1855 birth of cesário Verde, Portuguese poet (d. 1886)  

Feb 25 In the year 1855 birth of george Bonnor, cricketer (big-hitting Aussie batter 1880-1888)  

Mar 12 On this day in history birth of john White, composer  

Mar 13 Percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto) was born in the year 1855.  

Mar 24 Andrew W Mellon, founder (Mellon Bank)/US Sec of Treasury was born in the year 1855.  

Mar 24 In the year 1855 birth of olive Schreiner, S African writer (Portrait of a South African Woman)  

Mar 31 On this day in history birth of alfred E. Hunt, founder of Alcoa (d. 1899)  

Apr 09 On this day in history birth of gyula Reviczky, Hungarian author/poet  

Apr 18 Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Jan Steen) was born in the year 1855.  

Apr 18 On this day in history birth of josef Gruber, composer  

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

Apr 29 Edmund van der Straeten, composer was born in the year 1855.  

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

May 09 In the year 1855 birth of julius Rontgen, composer  

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

May 11 On this day in history birth of anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake)  

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

May 15 In the year 1855 birth of graf Keyserling, writer  

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

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

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Jan 06 In the year 1855 death of giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779)  

Jan 10 Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67 in the year 1855.  

Jan 25 On this day in history dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83  

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 In the year 1855 joseph Hume, social reformer, dies  

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

Mar 02 On this day in history nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58