1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar).
Events
Births
Deaths
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January 26 - Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)
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February 6 - Josef Munzinger, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1791)
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February 23 - Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, astronomer and physicist
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March 29 - Henri Druey, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1799)
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March 31 - Charlotte Brontë, English author
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May 5 - Sir Robert Inglis, Bt, English politician (b. 1786)
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May 23 - Charles Robert Malden explorer
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June 28 - Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Lord Raglan, commander of British forces in the Crimean War
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August 7 - Mariano Arista, President of Mexico
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November 11 - Søren Kierkegaard, philosopher
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November 26 - Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and author