Page 3: Historical Events In 1855

Apr 29   Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) [OS] in the year 1855.   

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

May 02   On this day in history theodore Moses Tobani, composer   

May 03   Antwerp-Rotterdam railway opens 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 nYC regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration   

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

May 10   In the year 1855 anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS]   

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

May 15   Eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege) on this day in history.   

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

May 21   In the year 1855 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 in the year 1855.   

Jun 01   On this day in history uS adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery   

Jun 02   The Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed   

Jun 20   In the year 1855 commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin   

Jun 22   Sam Morris, Hobart, cricketer (Barbados parents only black Aus player) in the year 1855.   

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

Jun 28   Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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 the year 1855 in Brooklyn, New York, the first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, titled Leaves of Grass, is published.   

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

Jul 09   In the year 1855 lord Raglan Commander of the British forces during the Crimean War   

Jul 14   Richard Samuel Hughes, composer on this day in history.   

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

Jul 20   1st train from Rotterdam to Utrecht in Netherlands in the year 1855.   

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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 on this day in history.   

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

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   Ernst Kullak, composer was born in the year 1855.   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1855 death of giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779)   

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

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

Jan 26   In the year 1855 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   On this day in history carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies   

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