1855 Calendar
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1855 Historical Event(s)
January 23, 1855
– The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge.
January 26, 1855
– Point No Point Treaty is signed in Washington Territory.
January 28, 1855
– The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway.
February 11, 1855
– Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam
February 12, 1855
– Michigan State University is established.
February 22, 1855
– The Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania (as the Farmers’ High School of Pennsylvania)
May 4, 1855
– American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.
June 1, 1855
– American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.
July 1, 1855
– Signing of the Quinault Treaty: the Quinault and the Quileute cede their land to the United States.
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.
Who Were Born On 1855?
February 25, 1855
– George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (d. 1912)
March 13, 1855
– B. H. Roberts, Mormon leader, historian, and politician (d. 1933)
March 24, 1855
– Olive Schreiner, South African writer (d. 1920)
May 23, 1855
– Isabella Ford, English feminist and union activist (d. 1924)
July 26, 1855
– Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist (d. 1936)
August 3, 1855
– Joe Hunter, English cricketer (d. 1891)
August 18, 1855
– Alfred Wallis, English artist and mariner (d. 1942)
September 9, 1855
– Anthony Francis Lucas, Croatian-born oil exploration pioneer (d. 1921)
October 12, 1855
– Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor (d. 1922)