What Happened In February 1855 In History

Historical Events for February, 1855

• 11th » Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam
• 12th » Michigan State University is established.
• 14th » Texas is linked by telegraphy e.g telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1855

• 11th » Ellen Day Hale,American painter (d. 1940)
• 13th » Paul Deschanel, French politician, 11th President of France (d. 1922)
• 18th » Jean Jules Jusserand, French author and diplomat (d. 1932)
• 19th » Nishinoumi Kajirō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 16th Makuuchi Yokozuna or Yokozuna (d. 1908)
• 25th » George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (d. 1912)
• 25th » Cesário Verde, Portuguese poet (d. 1886)

Famous Deaths for February 1855

• 6th » Josef Munzinger, Swiss politician (b. 1791)
• 23rd » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)

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