1855

events

• 1. January: Jonas Furrer becomes Federal President of Switzerland
• 8. February: On initiative of the Prussian representative in the Bundestag, Otto von Bismarck, becomesin the Krim war - question not mobilization against Russia, but armed neutrality decided
• 15. February: The French frigate La Sémillante strands during an gale at the Lavezzi islands (Korsika), from the 693 sailors and soldiers on boardsurvived nobody
• 10. May: Robert William Bunsen invents the Bunsen burner
• 1. August: Erstbesteigung of the Dufourspitze, the highest mountain of Switzerland, by a Seilschaft under the direction of Charles Hudson
• 28. September: Those sank Gallisch Appenzelli railwayweiht its first distance Winterthur Wil

• the cathedral bridge (later: Hohenzollernbrücke) is for over 900 years again the first firm Rhine bridge with Cologne
• the yellow river shifts its run, a disaster, it 1324 had last given

culture

• 1. June: Premiere of the opera Jenny Bell von Daniel François ESPRIT Auber to the Opéra Comique in of Paris
• 5. July: Premiere of the Operette La Nuit blanche of Jacques open brook at the Théâtre of the Bouffes Parisiens in Paris
• 25. September: The Dresdener picture galleryOld masters the building master Gottfried Semper opened

one bears

• 5. January: King Camp Gilette, US-American inventor and entrepreneur († 1932)
• 10. January: Werner stone, sculptor († 1930)
• 13. January: Otto Lehmann, German physicist and „father “of the liquid crystal research. († 1922)
• 16. January: Eleanor Marx, German Sozialistin and youngest daughter of Karl Marx († 1898)
• 17. January: Anton plug, Austrian Afrikareisender († 1888)
• 20. January: Ernest Chausson, French composer († 1899)
• 20. January: Hugo Conwentz, German Botaniker and Naturschützer († 1922)
• 21. January: John Moses Browning, most successful inventor of the weapon technology with 128 patents († 1926)
• 21. January: Rudolf Cronau, journalist and painter († 1939)
• 22. January: Albert Neisser, German dermatologist († 1916)
• 22. January: Ernst Kullak, German composer († 1914)
• 24. January: Franc Hadow, English tennis player († 1946)
• 25. January: Eduard Meyer, German old historian († 1930)
• 13. February: Paul Deschanel, French politician and president of the third republic († 1922)
• 14. February: João Franco Ferreira PintoCastelo Branco, Portuguese politician († 1905)
• 14. February: Wsewolod Michailowitsch seemed, Russian writer († 1888)
• to 15. February: Hugo bird, German painter († 1934)
• 17. February: Otto Liman of Sanders, GermanGeneral († 1929)
• 18. February: Marie argued, German Frauenrechtlerin († 1928)
• 1. March: Meta of Salis, first Historikerin of Switzerland, Frauenrechtlerin († 1929)
• 3. March: Alois Mayer, sculptor († 1936)
• 5. March: Sophie Friederike of Austria, ore duchess of Austria († 1857)
• 6. March: Walter peace castle, German archivist and historian († 1938)
• 9. March: Theobald Dächsel, Evangelist theologian, minister and Superintendent († 1940)
• 11. March: Josef long, Austrian Henker († 1925)
• 13. March: Percival Lowell, US-American astronomer († 1916)
• 22. March: Paul Schreiber (physician), physician, secret medical advice († 1920)
• 24. March: Olive carpenter, South African authoress († 1920)
• 11. April: Ettore Ximenes, Italian sculptor († 1926)
• 13. April: Ludwig Edinger, German physician physician, neurologist and brain researcher († 1918)
• 14. April: Heinrich Bandlow,German paedagogue and author († 1933)
• 23. April: Ernst von Wolzogen, German writer († 1934)
• 27. April: Hans Olde, German painter († 1917)
• 29. April: Julius Zeissig, German architect († 1930)
• 7. May: Oskar of Miller, German engineer and founder of the German museum († 1934)
• 9. May: Julius Roentgen, German-Dutch composer and pianist († 1932)
• 10. May: Adolf Brütt, German sculptor († 1939)
• 10. May: Sri Yukteswar, Indian Yogi and guru († 1936)
• 11. May: Anatoli Konstantinowitsch Ljadow, Russian composer († 1914)
• 15. May: Eduard von Keyserling, German writer and dramatist († 1918)
• 15. May: Leopold of Kalckreuth, German painter and commercial artist († 1928)
• 21. May: Émile Verhaeren, Belgian poet († 1916)
• 29. May: David Bruce, Australian-English physician and Parasitologe († 1931)
• 1. June: Bernhard Sehring, German architect († 1941)
• 5. June: Josef Neuwirth, Austrian art historian († 1934)
• 14. June: Robert M. LaFollette, US-American politician († 1925)
• 19. June: Maria Tau,German catholic medal foundress († 1938)
• 21. June: Therese painted, singer (Sopran) († 1930)
• 2. July: Jesko of Puttkamer, German colonial civil servant and governor of Cameroon († 1917)
• 7. July: Ludwig Ganghofer, GermanWriter († 1920)
• 13. July: Emil cathedral mountain, German administrative lawyer and poverty scientist († 1911)
• 16. July: Hans Friedrich Geitel, German physicist († 1923)
• 18. July: Axel Paulsen, ice art runner and inventor of the ice art run jumpAxel († 1938)
• 26. July: Ferdinand sound-sneeze, German sociologist, political economist and philosopher († 1936)
• 26. July: Waldemar Christian, Prussian major general
• 28. July: Briefly concern, German Industrieller and chairman of several trade associations († 1928)
• 29. July: George von Eucken Addenhausen, German lawyer and statesman († 1942)
• 29. July: Ignaz Gaugengigl, German painter († 1932)
• 30. July: George William of Siemens, German Industrieller († 1919)
• 17. August: William pit, German Sinologe († 1908)
• 21. August: George baron von Rheinbaben, Prussian politician and sponsor of the city Krefeld († 1921)
• 9. September: Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German writer and culture philosopher(† 1927)
• 10. September: Robert Koldewey, German architect and archaeologist († 1925)
• 11. September: George Schmiedl, a German Naturschützer and people friend († 1929)
• 12. September: William Sharp, Scottish writer († 1905)
• 17. September: Friedrich William of RST Bell, German politician († 1931)
• 12. October: Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor († 1922)
• 13. October: Eduard Flegel, German Afrikareisender († 1886)
• 13. October: Robert Flegel, German travelers and Africa researcher († 1886)
• 27. October: Iwan Wladimirowitsch Mitschurin, Russian Botaniker and plant breeder († 1935)
• 29. October: Emil Doepler, German painter († 1922)
• 30. October: Jean Marie GustaveLe Clézio, Hungarian pianist and composer († 1918)
• 30. October: Károly Aggházy, Hungarian pianist and composer († 1918)
• 1. November: Guido eagle, Austrian music scientist († 1941)
• 5. November: Eugene V. Debs, US-American politician († 1926)
• 5. November: Léon Philippe Teisserenc de Bort, French Meteoroligist († 1913)
• 7. November: To Edwin resound, US-American physicist
• 19. November: Ludwig Becker, architect and starting from 1884 masters of building of cathedrals at the MainzerCathedral († 1940)
• 20. November: Emilie Mataja, Austrian authoress of realism († 1938)
• 26. November: Franz Xaver Nagl, Austrian catholic archbishop and cardinal († 1913)
• 9. December: Giorgio Gusmini, archbishop ofBologna and cardinal († 1921)
• 10. December: Henry Nicholas Ridley, scientist († 1956)
• 11. December: Remote and Cabrol, French theologian († 1937)
• 19. December: Carl Schroeter, GermanSwiss Botaniker († 1939)
• 26. December: Arnold Mendelssohn, composer († 1933)
• 30. December: Heinrich hard, German writer and naturalistischer literature and theatre critic († 1906)
• 31. December: Giovanni Pascoli, Italian poet († 1912)

Died

• 26. January: Gérard de Nerval, French writer (* 1808)
• 1. February: Claus Harms, German Protestant theologian (* 1778)
• 6. February: Martin J. Munzinger, Swiss buyer, revolutionary, politician and Upper House of Parliament (* 1791)
• 14. February: Heinrich Emanuel Merck, German chemist and manufacturer (* 1794)
• 20. February: Joseph Hume, British politician (* 1777)
• 23. February: Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, Geodät and physicist (* 1777)
• 26. February: Emil Ernst Gottfried von Herder, royal Bavarian forest and government advice (* 1783)
• 7. March: Vladimir Iwanowitsch Istomin, Russian naval officer (* 1809)
• 15. March: Johann Jacob Wehrli, Swiss paedagogue(* 1790)
• 29. March: Daniel Henry Druey, Swiss attorney, philosopher, politician (* 1799)
• 31. March: Charlotte Brontë, British authoress (* 1816)
• 2. April: George Bellas Greenough, English geologist (* 1778)
• 18. April: Jean Baptiste Isabey, French painter (* 1767)
• 6. May: Alexander of Soiron, delegate in the Frankfurt national assembly (* 1806)
• 9. June: Franz Ferdinand Greiner, German inventor, developed the first industrially manufacturedGerman thermometers (* 1808)
• 8. July: William Edward Parry, British admiral and polar researcher (* 1790)
• 12. July: Karl Spindler, German fiction writer (* 1796)
• 29. July: Friedrich Daniel Bassermann, German entrepreneur andliberal politician (* 1811)
• 1. September: Bernhard Thiersch, German Gymnasiallehrer and poet of the Prussia song (* 1794)
• 5. September: Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, British researcher (* 1792)
• 14. September: Johann Adam von Itzstein,German politician (* 1775)
• 17. September: Count Sergei Semenowitsch Uwarow, Russian statesman and literature scientist (* 1785)
• 17. September: Sergei Uwarow, Russian statesman and literature scientist (* 1785)
• 3. November: Hermann Franck, GermanWriter, Ästhetiker and critic (* 1802)
• 11. November: Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and theologian (* 1813)
• 19. November: Arm and Joseph Bruat, French admiral (* 1796)
• 19. November: Mihály Vörösmarty, Hungarian poet,Editor and translator (* 1800)
• 26. November: Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet (* 1798)
• 30. December: Heinrich Kümmel, German sculptor (* 1810)