Historical Events In 1855

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

Jan 05   On this day in history uSS Plymouth crew skirmish with Chinese troops   

Jan 09   Clipper Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1855 the clipper ship Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies   

Jan 10   On this day in history mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67   

Jan 10   In the year 1855 peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People)   

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

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

Jan 22   Ernst Kullak, composer in the year 1855.   

Jan 23   The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge on this day in history.   

Jan 25   Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83 in the year 1855.   

Jan 26   Arthur Hervey, composer on this day in history.   

Jan 28   The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway on this day in history.   

Jan 28   William Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine) on this day in history.   

Jan 31   In the year 1855 western railroads blocked by snow   

Feb 01   Third plague pandemic in Worldwide killing 12 million+ in India and China alone people in the year 1855.   

Feb 01   In the year 1855 yellow fever in United States   

Feb 03   Wisconsin Supreme Court declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional on this day in history.   

Feb 03   Wisconsin Supreme Ct declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional in the year 1855.   

Feb 04   Soldiers shoot Jewish families in Coro, Venezuela in the year 1855.   

Feb 05   In the year 1855 british government of Palmerston forms   

Feb 05   British govt of Palmerston forms in the year 1855.   

Feb 08   In the year 1855 the Devil's Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon.   

Feb 10   In the year 1855 uS citizenship laws amended all children of US parents born abroad granted US citizenship   

Feb 11   Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam in the year 1855.   

Feb 12   Michigan State University was established on this day in history.   

Feb 14   On this day in history texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.   

Feb 15   Gustav Hollaender, composer in the year 1855.   

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

Feb 20   Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies in the year 1855.   

Feb 21   Alice Freeman Palmer, educator (Hall of Fame) in the year 1855.   

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

Feb 24   On this day in history uS Court of Claims established for cases against the government   

Feb 24   US Court of Claims forms for cases against govt on this day in history.   

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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   Jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889) was born in the year 1855.   

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

Jan 21   On this day in history birth of john M Browning, US, weapons manufacturer   

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

Jan 23   In the year 1855 birth of john Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926)   

Jan 06   Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779) died on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1855.   

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