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   The clipper ship Guiding Star disappears in Atlantic, 480 dies on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People)   

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

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

Jan 22   In the year 1855 ernst Kullak, composer   

Jan 23   On this day in history 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   In the year 1855 arthur Hervey, composer   

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

Jan 28   On this day in history william Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine)   

Jan 31   On this day in history western railroads blocked by snow   

Feb 01   Third plague pandemic in Worldwide killing 12 million+ in India and China alone people on this day in history.   

Feb 01   On this day in history yellow fever in United States   

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

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

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

Feb 05   British government of Palmerston forms on this day in history.   

Feb 05   British govt of Palmerston forms on this day in history.   

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

Feb 10   On this day in history 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   In the year 1855 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   On this day in history gustav Hollaender, composer   

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

Feb 20   In the year 1855 joseph Hume, social reformer, dies   

Feb 21   On this day in history alice Freeman Palmer, educator (Hall of Fame)   

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   On this day in history uS Court of Claims forms for cases against govt   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1855 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   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   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 on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1855 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 on this day in history.