1855

Years: 1852 1853 1854 - 1855 - 1856 1857 1858
Decades: 1820s 1830s 1840s - 1850s - 1860s 1870s 1880s
Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century 1855 in art 1855 in literature 1855 in music 1855 in science 1855 in sports List of state leaders in 1855 List of religious leaders in 1855

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

January 23 - Magnitude 8.1 earthquake on the Wairarapa fault in New Zealand reshapes the shoreline of the young city of Wellington
January 28 - first locomotive runs from the Atlantic to the Pacific on the newly completed Panama Railway
March 2 - accession of Russian Tsar Alexander II
March 30 - "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.
May - The first American Soo locks on the St. Marys River connecting Lake Superior and Lake Huron are completed.
May 4 - American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.
July 4 - In Brooklyn, New York, Walt Whitman's first edition of his book of poem's titled Leaves of Grass is published.
September 3 - Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village killing 100 men, women, and children.
November - David Livingstone discovers the Victoria Falls
accession of Emperor Theodore II of Ethiopia
Gustave Courbet sets up Pavilion of Realism in protest against "official art" at Paris International Exhibition
Daily Telegraph newspaper founded in London, England
Sheffield F.C, the first ever football club is founded