WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1855
Find out what all happened January to February 1855

Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas. (14. February 1855)

The first bridge over the Mississippi River opens in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, a crossing made today by the Hennepin Avenue Bridge. (23. January 1855)

Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam (11. February 1855)

The Devil's Footprints mysteriously appear in southern Devon. (8. February 1855)

Michigan State University is established. (12. February 1855)

Point No Point Treaty is signed in Washington Territory. (26. January 1855)

A locomotive on the Panama Canal Railway, runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean for the first time. (28. January 1855)

The Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania (as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania) (22. February 1855)

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