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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1855. 1855 (MDCCCLV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on...
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    The Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 resulted from the 1855 Exposition Universelle de Paris, when Emperor Napoleon III requested a classification...
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    Inkerman (November 1854), Tchernaya (August 1855), Redan (September 1855), and, finally, Malakoff (September 1855). During the siege, the allied navy undertook...
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    The Springfield Model 1855 was a rifled musket widely used in the American Civil War. It exploited the advantages of the new conical Minié ball, which...
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    (1853–1855), the White Sea (July–August 1854) and the North Pacific (1854–1855). The Italian Kingdom of Sardinia entered on the side of the allies in 1855....
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  • IEEE STANDARD 1855-2016, IEEE Standard for Fuzzy Markup language (FML), is a technical standard developed by the IEEE Standards Association. FML allows...
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    The 1855 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on May 24, 1855, to elect the governor of Virginia. Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial...
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    The Exposition Universelle of 1855 (French pronunciation: [ɛkspozisjɔ̃ ynivɛʁsɛl]), better known in English as the 1855 Paris Exposition, was a world's...
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  • Events from the year 1855 in art. July 3 – John Everett Millais and Effie Gray marry. May 15–November 15 – Exposition Universelle in Paris, including a...
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  • The year 1855 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. October 15 – The second of the Prussia Columns is inaugurated...
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  • Unit 1855 was a unit for human experimentation that belonged to the central Epidemic Prevention and Water Purification Department of the North China Army...
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    Nicholas I of Russia (category 1855 deaths)
    March [O.S. 18 February] 1855) was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1825 to 1855. He was the third son of Paul...
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  • The Priz class (Project 1855) is a type of deep-submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV) operated by the government of Russia. There are known to be at least...
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    The American Party, known as the Native American Party before 1855 and colloquially referred to as the Know Nothings, or the Know Nothing Party, was an...
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    held in 31 states for all 234 seats between August 4, 1854, and November 6, 1855, during President Franklin Pierce's term. Each state legislature separately...
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    William Poole (category 1855 deaths)
    The NY Times, March 12, 1855 00:06:12 Problems playing this file? See media help. William Poole (July 24, 1821 – March 8, 1855), also known as Bill the...
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    Events from the year 1855 in Canada. Monarch — Victoria Parliament — 5th Governor General of the Province of Canada — Edmund Walker Head Joint Premiers...
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    The 1855 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on August 2, 1855, to elect the governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Democratic governor Andrew Johnson...
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  • The year 1855 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. September – Alfred Russel Wallace publishes "On the Law which has...
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    Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 14 June 1855 in order to approve amendments to the constitution. Peter Georg Bang remained Prime Minister following...
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  • 1855 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Events The established Knickerbockers, Gothams, and Eagles from New York (Manhattan) play three...
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  • Events in 1855 in animation. August 12: The Afonso Henriques Theatre was inaugurated with a masquerade ball. It was baptized with the name of Portugal's...
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    The 1855 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held in the 8th Wisconsin Legislature between January 30, 1855, and February 1, 1855. Incumbent...
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  • The following lists events that happened during 1855 in South Africa. Pretoria is established 20 Irish miners arrive to work in the Namaqualand copper...
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    The 1855 Victorian high treason trials took place between 22 February – 27 March in the aftermath of the Battle of the Eureka Stockade. The Goldfields...
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    Battle of the Great Redan (category 1855 in the Russian Empire)
    fought between British forces against Russia on 18 June and 8 September 1855 as a part of the Siege of Sevastopol. The French army successfully stormed...
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    The 1855 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on 4 April 1855 in order to elect the governor of Rhode Island. Incumbent Whig governor William...
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  • The National Review was a quarterly British magazine published between 1855 and 1864. The magazine was founded and joint-edited by journalists Walter Bagehot...
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  • article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1855. January – Samuel Orchart Beeton's weekly The Boys' Own Magazine, "an illustrated...
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    The Great Gold Robbery took place on the night of 15 May 1855, when a routine shipment of three boxes of gold bullion and coins was stolen from the guard's...
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