Page 4: Historical Events In 1855

Jul 25   On this day in history edward Solomon, composer   

Jul 30   On this day in history james Edward Kelly, US, sculptor "Sculptor of American History"   

Jul 31   Hottest July in Stockholm since at least 1756 (21.4°C avg) in the year 1855.   

Aug 01   Castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants on this day in history.   

Aug 03   In the year 1855 rotterdam-Gouda railway opens   

Aug 04   John Bartlett publishes "Familiar Quotations" on this day in history.   

Aug 09   Battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising on this day in history.   

Aug 27   On this day in history francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer, dies at 36   

Aug 29   Emil Pauer, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 31   In the year 1855 stefan Surzynski, composer   

Sep 03   Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village, killing 100 men, women, and children on this day in history.   

Sep 06   Ferdinand B Hummel, composer in the year 1855.   

Sep 08   Crimean war on this day in history.   

Sep 09   On this day in history houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist   

Sep 24   In the year 1855 alexandre Stievenard, composer, dies at 86   

Sep 27   In the year 1855 george F Bristow's "Rip Van Winkle," 2nd American opera, opens in NYC   

Sep 28   Thomas F Tout, London, historian (Manchester school of historiography) on this day in history.   

Sep 29   Michele Esposito, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 06   In the year 1855 august L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75   

Oct 08   Gustav Ehrismann, German germanist on this day in history.   

Oct 09   Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor in the year 1855.   

Oct 09   On this day in history joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope   

Oct 12   Arthur Nikisch, Szent-Miklos Hungary, conductor (Berlin Philharmonic) in the year 1855.   

Oct 13   In the year 1855 gottfried Rieger, composer, dies at 91   

Oct 14   In the year 1855 george Edwardes, British composer (Gaiety Girl)   

Oct 16   Camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian on this day in history.   

Oct 17   On this day in history bessemer steelmaking process patented   

Oct 18   Franz Liszt's "Prometheus," premieres in the year 1855.   

Oct 25   On this day in history willem F earl van Bylandt, military, dies at 84   

Oct 26   Charles Post, who had a way with breakfast cereals (Post Cereals) on this day in history.   

Oct 28   Ivan V Mitshurin, Russian botanist (new types of fruit) on this day in history.   

Nov 01   On this day in history guido Adler, Austria, musicologist (Still in the Music)   

Nov 05   On this day in history eugene V Debs, labor organizer, Socialist presidential candidate   

Nov 06   On this day in history eduard Yosif Kotek, composer   

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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 in the year 1855.   

Jan 10   In the year 1855 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 on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1855 birth of john Moses Browning, American inventor (d. 1926)   

Jan 06   Giacomo Beltrami, Italian explorer (b. 1779) died in the year 1855.   

Jan 10   On this day in history 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   Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808) died in the year 1855.   

Feb 06   Josef Munzinger, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1791) died on this day in history.   

Feb 20   On this day in history joseph Hume, social reformer, dies   

Feb 23   Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

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