Page 3: Historical Events In 1855

Apr 29   In the year 1855 anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) [OS]   

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

May 02   Theodore Moses Tobani, composer on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history nYC regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration   

May 09   In the year 1855 julius Rontgen, composer   

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

May 11   In the year 1855 anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake)   

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   Arthur Wing Pinero, British playwright on this day in history.   

May 27   In the year 1855 nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies   

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

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

Jun 13   Opera "Les Vêpres Sicilenne" is produced (Paris) on this day in history.   

Jun 14   In the year 1855 robert Marion La Follette, Wisconsin, pres candidate (Progressive)   

Jun 17   In the year 1855 fritz Steinbach, composer   

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

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) in the year 1855.   

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

Jul 03   In the year 1855 piotr Maszynski, composer   

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   In the year 1855 johann P Zilcher, German composer   

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

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

Jul 16   In the year 1855 charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer   

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

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

Jan 15   In the year 1855 birth of jacques Damala, Greek military officer and actor (d. 1889)   

Jan 20   In the year 1855 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   John Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926) was born in the year 1855.   

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

Jan 10   On this day in history mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67   

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

Mar 02   Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58 in the year 1855.