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| + | [[Image:Palais de l'Industrie, construit pour la première exposition universelle.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Palais de l'Industrie at the ''[[Exposition Universelle (1855)|Exposition Universelle]] ([[1855]])]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Valley of the Shadow of Death (Roger Fenton).jpg |thumb|right|200px|''[[Valley of the Shadow of Death (Roger Fenton)|Valley of the Shadow of Death]]'' (1855) by Roger Fenton]] | ||
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| - | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | + | '''1855''' is the 55th year of the 19th century, and the 6th year of the [[1850s]] decade. |
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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | + | *''[[Der Cicerone]]'' by Jacob Burckhardt | |
| + | *Gustave Courbet opens his private show [[The Pavilion of Realism]] | ||
| + | *[[Paris Salon of 1855]] | ||
| + | *[[Exposition Universelle (1855)]] | ||
| + | *"[[I Sing the Body Electric (poem)|I Sing the Body Electric]]" by Walt Whitman | ||
| + | *[[Stamp duty]] was removed from newspapers in Britain creating [[mass media]] in the UK. | ||
| + | *''[[Chemistry of Common Life]]'' by James Finlay Weir Johnston | ||
| + | *[[John Camden Hotten]] opens a bookselling business in London, which is the origin of the publisher [[Chatto & Windus]]. | ||
| == Births == | == Births == | ||
| ==Deaths == | ==Deaths == | ||
| + | *[[January 26]] - [[Gérard de Nerval]], French writer (b. [[1808]]) | ||
| - | ==Nineteenth century== | + | {{GFDL}} |
| - | :[[1900]] - [[1899]] - [[1898]] - [[1897]] - [[1896]] - [[1895]] - [[1894]] - [[1893]] - [[1892]] - [[1891]] | + | |
| - | :[[1890]] - [[1889]] - [[1888]] - [[1887]] - [[1886]] - [[1885]] - [[1884]] - [[1883]] - [[1882]] - [[1881]] | + | |
| - | :[[1880]] - [[1879]] - [[1878]] - [[1877]] - [[1876]] - [[1875]] - [[1874]] - [[1873]] - [[1872]] - [[1871]] | + | |
| - | :[[1870]] - [[1869]] - [[1868]] - [[1867]] - [[1866]] - [[1865]] - [[1864]] - [[1863]] - [[1862]] - [[1861]] | + | |
| - | :[[1860]] - [[1859]] - [[1858]] - [[1857]] - [[1856]] - [[1855]] - [[1854]] - [[1853]] - [[1852]] - [[1851]] | + | |
| - | :[[1850]] - [[1849]] - [[1848]] - [[1847]] - [[1846]] - [[1845]] - [[1844]] - [[1843]] - [[1842]] - [[1841]] | + | |
| - | :[[1840]] - [[1839]] - [[1838]] - [[1837]] - [[1836]] - [[1835]] - [[1834]] - [[1833]] - [[1832]] - [[1831]] | + | |
| - | :[[1830]] - [[1829]] - [[1828]] - [[1827]] - [[1826]] - [[1825]] - [[1824]] - [[1823]] - [[1822]] - [[1821]] | + | |
| - | :[[1820]] - [[1819]] - [[1818]] - [[1817]] - [[1816]] - [[1815]] - [[1814]] - [[1813]] - [[1812]] - [[1811]] | + | |
| - | :[[1810]] - [[1809]] - [[1808]] - [[1807]] - [[1806]] - [[1805]] - [[1804]] - [[1803]] - [[1802]] - [[1801]] | + | |
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1855 is the 55th year of the 19th century, and the 6th year of the 1850s decade.
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Art and culture
- Der Cicerone by Jacob Burckhardt
- Gustave Courbet opens his private show The Pavilion of Realism
- Paris Salon of 1855
- Exposition Universelle (1855)
- "I Sing the Body Electric" by Walt Whitman
- Stamp duty was removed from newspapers in Britain creating mass media in the UK.
- Chemistry of Common Life by James Finlay Weir Johnston
- John Camden Hotten opens a bookselling business in London, which is the origin of the publisher Chatto & Windus.
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Births
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Deaths
- January 26 - Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)
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