1855 Calendar
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1855 Historical Event(s)
January 28, 1855
– The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway.
February 12, 1855
– Michigan State University is established.
February 14, 1855
– Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.
February 22, 1855
– The Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania (as the Farmers’ High School of Pennsylvania)
March 30, 1855
– Origins of the American Civil War: Bleeding Kansas – “Border Ruffians” from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.
April 19, 1855
– Visit of Napoleon III to Guildhall, London
June 2, 1855
– The Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine.
August 1, 1855
– The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.
September 3, 1855
– Indian Wars: in Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children.
November 17, 1855
– David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe.
Who Were Born On 1855?
March 13, 1855
– Percival Lowell, American astronomer (d. 1916)
May 1, 1855
– Cecilia Beaux, American painter (d. 1942)
June 8, 1855
– George Charles Haité, English designer, painter and illustrator (d.1924)
June 20, 1855
– Sir Richard Lodge, English historian (d. 1936)
July 7, 1855
– Ludwig Ganghofer, German writer (d. 1920)
September 1, 1855
– Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet (d. 1909)
September 7, 1855
– William Friese-Greene, British photographer (d. 1921)
November 2, 1855
– Henrik Schück, Swedish literary historian (d. 1947)
November 5, 1855
– Eugene V. Debs, American socialist leader (d. 1926)
November 23, 1855
– Stevan Sremac, Serbian writer