Page 3: Historical Events In 1855

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

Apr 30   Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68 in the year 1855.   

May 02   In the year 1855 theodore Moses Tobani, composer   

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

May 04   In the year 1855 camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66   

May 05   NYC regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration in the year 1855.   

May 09   In the year 1855 julius Rontgen, composer   

May 10   Anatoli Liadov, St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS] on this day in history.   

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

May 15   Eduard earl of Keyserling, German writer (Dritte Stiege) in the year 1855.   

May 15   Jan Mazereeuw, Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75 in the year 1855.   

May 21   Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes) on this day in history.   

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   US adventurer Wm Walker conquers Nicaragua, reestablishes slavery in the year 1855.   

Jun 02   On this day in history the Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine.   

Jun 05   Anti-foreign anti-Roman Catholic Know-Nothing Party's 1st convention in the year 1855.   

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

Jun 13   On this day in history opera "Les Vêpres Sicilenne" is produced (Paris)   

Jun 14   Robert Marion La Follette, Wisconsin, pres candidate (Progressive) on this day in history.   

Jun 17   Fritz Steinbach, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 17   On this day in history heavy French/British bombing of Sebastopol, 2000+ killed   

Jun 20   Commissioners appointed to lay out SF streets west of Larkin in the year 1855.   

Jun 22   Sam Morris, Hobart, cricketer (Barbados parents only black Aus player) on this day in history.   

Jun 23   Maude Valerie White, composer on this day in history.   

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

Jun 28   The Sigma Chi Fraternity was founded at Miami University in the year 1855.   

Jul 03   On this day in history piotr Maszynski, composer   

Jul 04   On this day in history 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   Lord Raglan Commander of the British forces during the Crimean War in the year 1855.   

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

Jul 16   Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer on this day in history.   

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   King Camp Gillette, inventor (safety razor) was born on this day in history.   

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   Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer was born in the year 1855.   

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   John Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926) was born on this day in history.   

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   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   Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies on this day in history.   

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

Mar 02   In the year 1855 nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58