WHAT HAPPENED IN 1855.
Look what happened the 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)

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

Michigan State University is established. (12. 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 Pennsylvania State University is founded in State College, Pennsylvania (as the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania) (22. February 1855)

Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia. (2. March 1855)

Origins of the American Civil War: Bleeding Kansas – "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature. (30. March 1855)

Visit of Napoleon III to Guildhall, London (19. April 1855)

The American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua. (1. June 1855)

The Portland Rum Riot occurs in Portland, Maine. (2. June 1855)

Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USS Supply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps. (4. June 1855)

Signing of the Quinault Treaty: the Quinault and the Quileute cede their land to the United States. (1. July 1855)

In Brooklyn, New York City, the first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published. (4. July 1855)

The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps. (1. August 1855)

American Indian Wars: in Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children. (3. September 1855)

Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol comes to an end when Russian forces abandon the city. (9. September 1855)

David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe. (17. November 1855)