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1855        Walt Whitman Published Leaves of Grass History & Mythology > 19th Century Events

1855        The Bessemer Process Was Invented Enabling steel to be mass produced History & Mythology > 19th Century Events

Anatoli Liadov    was born on    May 10, 1855 St Petersburg, Russia, composer (Enchanted Lake) [NS] Misc > Birthdates

1855        Bowring Treaty Between Britain and Siam; opened Bangkok to foreign free trade, but guaranteed Siam's independent sovereignty. History & Mythology > Treaties and Conventions

1855        Canadian-American Reciprocity Treaty Trade treaty between the colonies of British North America and the United States. History & Mythology > Treaties and Conventions

1855        Point Elliott Treaty United States government and various Native American tribes of the Puget Sound region in the newly-formed Washington Territory. History & Mythology > Treaties and Conventions

1855        Point No Point Treaty Original inhabitants of the Kitsap Peninsula cede ownership of their land in exchange for small reservations in Hood Canal and a payment of 60,000 dollars from the U.S. federal government. History & Mythology > Treaties and Conventions

1855        Treaty of Hellgate The Bitteroot Salish, Pend d'Oreille, and the Kootenai tribes cede territories to the United States government. History & Mythology > Treaties and Conventions

1855        Treaty of Neah Bay Between the United States and the Makah Indians. History & Mythology > Treaties and Conventions

1855        Treaty of Shimoda Defines the border between Japan and Russia; three Japanese ports opened to international use. History & Mythology > Treaties and Conventions

1855    is birth year of    Chausson Ernest, d. 1899 Music > Classical Composers - Birth Years

1855    was the first publication of    “In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea” Arts & Literature > Hans Christian Andersen Tales

1855    was the first publication of    The Money-Box Arts & Literature > Hans Christian Andersen Tales

1855    was the first publication of    A Leaf from Heaven Arts & Literature > Hans Christian Andersen Tales

1855    was the first publication of    Jack the Dullard Arts & Literature > Hans Christian Andersen Tales

1855    was the first publication of    Ib and Little Christina Arts & Literature > Hans Christian Andersen Tales

Tsar Alexander II    reigned from    1855-1881 Aka The Liberator. Responsible for emancipation of the serfs. Assassinated. History & Mythology > Tsars and Empresses of Russia

Jacques Offenbach    composed    Trafalgar – Sur Un Volcan (1855) Music > Operettas

Jacques Offenbach    composed    Le Décaméron, Ou La Grotte D'azur (1855) Music > Operettas

Tsar Nicholas I    reigned from    1825-1855 Had reduced Poland to the status of a Russian province; helped Hapsburgs suppress an uprising in Hungary. History & Mythology > Tsars and Empresses of Russia

Jacques Offenbach    composed    Ba-ta-clan (1855) Music > Operettas

Ned Kelly    lifespan was    1855-1880 Australia's most famous bushranger. History & Mythology > Lifespans

Charlotte Brontë    died in    1855 aged 38 from Tuberculosis (debated) novelist English History & Mythology > They Died Young

Viscount Palmerston    was U.K. Prime Minister from    1855-58 Liberal, Henry John Temple History & Mythology > U.K. Prime Ministers - Dates

Jules-Henri Vernoy De Saint-Georges    composed    Jaguarita L'Indienne (1855) Jaguarita the Printed calico Music > Opera Comique