Historical Events In 1855

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

Jan 05   USS Plymouth crew skirmish with Chinese troops on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history clipper Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies   

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

Jan 20   On this day in history amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer   

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

Jan 22   On this day in history ernst Kullak, composer   

Jan 23   In the year 1855 the first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge.   

Jan 25   In the year 1855 dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83   

Jan 26   On this day in history arthur Hervey, composer   

Jan 28   In the year 1855 the first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway.   

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

Jan 31   Western railroads blocked by snow in the year 1855.   

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

Feb 01   Yellow fever in United States in the year 1855.   

Feb 03   In the year 1855 wisconsin Supreme Court declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional   

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

Feb 04   Soldiers shoot Jewish families in Coro, Venezuela on this day in history.   

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

Feb 05   On this day in history british govt of Palmerston forms   

Feb 08   The Devil's Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon on this day in history.   

Feb 10   US citizenship laws amended all children of US parents born abroad granted US citizenship on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history michigan State University was established.   

Feb 14   Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas in the year 1855.   

Feb 15   In the year 1855 gustav Hollaender, composer   

Feb 17   Otto Liman von Sanders, German general in Turkey (WW I) on this day in history.   

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

Feb 24   US Court of Claims established for cases against the government in the year 1855.   

Feb 24   In the year 1855 uS Court of Claims forms for cases against govt   

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

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   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   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   In the year 1855 dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83   

Jan 26   Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808) died on this day in history.   

Feb 06   Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791) died in the year 1855.   

Feb 20   On this day in history 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 in the year 1855.