Year 1855 in History - Important Historical Events of the year 1855

The year 1855 has a special significance of its own in India and world history. Let us know some such important events of the year 1855 such as: born famous people, death of famous people, war treaty, independence of a country, invention of new technology, change of power, important national and international day etc., knowing which your general Knowledge will increase.

Event__Date	Incident/Event
31 July	America's first veterinary college was founded in Boston.
24 March	Long-distance messages were sent from Telegraph between Calcutta (now Kolkata) to Delhi.
09 January	The Clapper Guiding Star disappeared in the Atlantic Sea, killing 40 people.
05 February	Lord Palmerstone became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
08 March	Bates College was founded in Louisston, Maine by abolitionists.
28 April	The first Veterinary College in the US was incorporated in Boston.
22 May	The province of Victoria was administratively separated from NewSouth Wales.
29 June	Daily Telegraph newspaper started publication in London.
04 July	Walt Whitman's poetry collection Leaves of Grass was published in Brooklyn.
01 August	The first ascent on Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps was held.
08 September	Queen Isabella II of Spain opened Iloilo for world trade.
24 October	Van Diemen's Land was officially named Tasmania.
22 December	The Metropolitan Board of Works was established in London.
08 February	A series of mysteriously hoof-like marks known as the Devil's Footprints appeared in the snow in Devon, England, and continued throughout the countryside for over 100 miles (160 km).
12 February	Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, was founded as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the United States' first agricultural college.
03 May	American courageous William Walker and a group of mercenaries from San Francisco to win Nicaragua.
04 June	Major Henry c. Wayne purchased camels for the installation of American camels for the purchase of camels in the USS supply.
30 June	The Santhals of Rajmahal Hills, Santhal-Pargana, Bihar started their agitation against the sick behavior by the British, Revenue officials, police, landlords and moneylenders under the leadership of Indus and Kanhu in the Bhorenheji of Bengali.
04 July	The first version of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass was published, and became one of the most important collection of American poetry.
17 November	Explorer David Livingstone became the first European to see Victaria Falls, the world's largest waterfall, now the Zimbia-Jimbabwe border.

Birth	Name/Category/Country
02 December	Sir Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar / Politician / India
10 May	Yukteswar Giri / Educator / India

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