Famous Deaths In 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 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 In the year 1855 joseph Hume, social reformer, dies  

Feb 23 Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies in the year 1855.  

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

Mar 08 In the year 1855 death of william Poole, Infamous member of New York City's Bowery Boys gang (b. 1821)  

Mar 17 On this day in history ramon Carnicer y Batlle, composer, dies at 65  

Mar 20 In the year 1855 death of joseph Aspdin, English mason and inventor (b. 1788)  

Mar 29 Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1799) died on this day in history.  

Mar 31 In the year 1855 charlotte Bronte, English author (Jane Eyre), dies at 38  

Apr 13 On this day in history death of henry De la Beche, English geologist (b. 1796)  

Apr 18 In the year 1855 jean-Baptiste Isabey, painter, dies  

Apr 24 In the year 1855 walenty Karol Kratzer, composer, dies at 75  

Apr 30 Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

May 04 Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

May 05 In the year 1855 death of sir Robert Inglis, Bt, English politician (b. 1786)  

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

May 23 In the year 1855 death of charles Robert Malden, English explorer (b. 1797)  

May 27 In the year 1855 nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies  

Jun 16 John Gorrie, American physician (b. 1803) died on this day in history.  

Jun 28 Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer, dies at 86 in the year 1855.  

Jun 29 John Gorrie, American scientist (b. 1802) died in the year 1855.  

Jul 07 Konstantin Batyushkov, Russian poet (b. 1787) died on this day in history.  

Jul 08 Sir William Edward Parry, English Arctic explorer (b. 1790) died on this day in history.  

Jul 09 On this day in history death of lord Raglan Commander of the British forces during the Crimean War  

Aug 07 Mariano Arista, President of Mexico (b. 1802) died on this day in history.  

Aug 16 Henry Colburn, British publisher (b. ?) died on this day in history.  

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

Sep 24 Alexandre Stievenard, composer, dies at 86 in the year 1855.  

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

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

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Jan 03 On this day in history birth of hubert Bland, English socialist (d. 1914)  

Jan 05 King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 10 Peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People) was born in the year 1855.  

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

Jan 20 In the year 1855 birth of amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer  

Jan 21 In the year 1855 birth of john M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer  

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

Jan 23 On this day in history birth of john Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926)