Today in History for March 1855
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Months in 1855: January February April May June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 8 of 8
2nd - Aleksandr Romanov becomes tsar of Russia
3rd - Congress approves $30,000 to test camels for military use
3rd - Congress authorizes registered mail
6th - Gustave Flaubert writes goodbye to Louise Colet
8th - 1st train crosses 1st US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls
15th - Louisiana establishes 1st health board to regulate quarantine
24th - Manhattan Kansas founded as New Boston Kansas
27th - Abraham Gesner patents kerosene
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 5 of 5
12th - John White, composer
13th - Percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto)
24th - Andrew W Mellon, founder (Mellon Bank)/US Sec of Treasury
24th - Olive Schreiner, S African writer (Portrait of a South African Woman)
31st - Alfred E. Hunt, founder of Alcoa (d. 1899)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 6 of 6
2nd - Nicholas I Pavlovitch, tsar of Russia (1825-55), dies at 58
8th - William Poole, Infamous member of New York City's Bowery Boys gang (b. 1821)
17th - Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, composer, dies at 65
20th - Joseph Aspdin, English mason and inventor (b. 1788)
29th - Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1799)
31st - Charlotte Bronte, English author (Jane Eyre), dies at 38
