Historical Events In 1855

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

Apr 30   On this day in history henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68   

May 02   Theodore Moses Tobani, composer in the year 1855.   

May 03   On this day in history antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens   

May 04   On this day in history camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66   

May 05   NYC regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration on this day in history.   

May 09   Julius Rontgen, composer on this day in history.   

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

May 11   Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) in the year 1855.   

May 15   On this day in history eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege)   

May 15   In the year 1855 jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75   

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

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

May 27   Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies on this day in history.   

Jun 01   US adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery on this day in history.   

Jun 02   In the year 1855 the Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine.   

Jun 05   Anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention on this day in history.   

Jun 05   On this day in history anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's first convention   

Jun 13   Opera "Les Vêpres Sicilenne" is produced (Paris) in the year 1855.   

Jun 14   Robert Marion La Follette, Wisconsin, pres candidate (Progressive) in the year 1855.   

Jun 17   Fritz Steinbach, composer in the year 1855.   

Jun 17   Heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed in the year 1855.   

Jun 20   On this day in history commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin   

Jun 22   In the year 1855 sam Morris, Hobart, cricketer (Barbados parents only black Aus player)   

Jun 23   Maude Valerie White, composer in the year 1855.   

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

Jun 28   On this day in history the Sigma Chi Fraternity was founded at Miami University   

Jul 03   Piotr Maszynski, composer in the year 1855.   

Jul 04   In Brooklyn, New York, the first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, titled Leaves of Grass, is published on this day in history.   

Jul 09   Johann P Zilcher, German composer in the year 1855.   

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

Jul 14   Richard Samuel Hughes, composer in the year 1855.   

Jul 16   On this day in history charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer   

Jul 20   1st train from Rotterdam to Utrecht in Netherlands 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   On this day in history birth of king Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor)   

Jan 10   In the year 1855 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   On this day in history 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)   

Jan 06   On this day in history death of giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779)   

Jan 10   In the year 1855 mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67   

Jan 25   Dorothy Wordsworth, writer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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.