The use of the term was first attributed to Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard ( 1813 – 1855 ).

* 1799 – Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor ( d. 1855 )

* 1777 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician ( d. 1855 )

* 1797 – Charles Robert Malden, English naval officer ( d. 1855 )

After 1890 came philosopher Josiah Royce ( 1855 – 1916 ), botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey ( 1858 – 1954 ), the Southern Agrarians of the 1920s and 1930s, novelist John Steinbeck ( 1902 – 1968 ), historian A. Whitney Griswold ( 1906 – 1963 ), environmentalist Aldo Leopold ( 1887 – 1948 ), Ralph Borsodi ( 1886 – 1977 ), and present-day authors Wendell Berry ( b. 1934 ), Gene Logsdon ( b. 1932 ), Paul Thompson, and Allan C. Carlson ( b. 1949 ).

* 1855 – The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.

* 1855 – Joe Hunter, English cricketer ( d. 1891 )

* 1914 – Hubert Bland, English socialist, co-founder of the Fabian Society ( b. 1855 )

Four more children followed: Charlotte, ( 1816 – 1855 ), Patrick Branwell ( 1817 – 1848 ), Emily, ( 1818 – 1848 ) and Anne ( 1820 – 1849 ).

* 1855 – John Hodges, Australian cricketer ( d. 1933 )

* 1855 – Visit of Napoleon III to Guildhall, London

* 1816 – Charlotte Brontë, English author ( d. 1855 )

The Viscount Palmerston, Prime Minister 1855 – 58, 1859 – 65

* Fernand Cabrol ( 1855 – 1937 )

The English Biblical scholar Robert Henry Charles ( 1855 – 1931 ) reasoned on internal textual grounds that the book was edited by someone who spoke no Hebrew and who wished to promote a different theology from John's.

Charles Robert Malden ( 9 August 1797 – 23 May 1855 ), was a nineteenth century British naval officer, surveyor and educator.

Similar amendments were tabled in 1829 and 1855, with the " most prominent " proponent being Andrew Johnson, who raised the issue in 1868 and considered the idea's merits " so palpable " that no additional explanation was necessary.

* August 27 – Andrew W. Mellon, American banker and U. S. Secretary of the Treasury ( b. 1855 )

Andrew Whistler built a sawmill here in 1855, that was operated by persons named Dunning and Hopkins.

The first edition was published in Brooklyn at the Fulton Street printing shop of two Scottish immigrants, James and Andrew Rome, whom Whitman had known since the 1840s, on July 4, 1855.

Andrew William Mellon ( March 24, 1855 – August 26, 1937 ) was an American banker, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector, and Secretary of the Treasury from March 4, 1921 until February 12, 1932.

Andrew Parsons ( July 22, 1817 – June 6, 1855 ) was a politician from the U. S. state of Michigan.

* Andrew Crosse ( 1784 – 1855 ), British amateur scientist

Completed in 1816, and designed by James Gillespie Graham ( 1776 – 1855 ), the church of St. Andrew formally re-introduced the Roman Catholic presence to Glasgow.

* Andrew Crichton, ( 1790 – 1855 ), Scottish biographer and historian

In 1855, Patterson married Martha Johnson, daughter of the former Tennessee Governor and Senator Andrew Johnson.

Andrew Crosse ( 17 June 1784 – 6 July 1855 ) was a British amateur scientist who was born and died at Fyne Court, Broomfield, Somerset.

Andrew Crosse suffered a stroke while dressing on the morning on 26 May 1855.

* Andrew W. Mellon ( 1855 – 1937 ), one of the longest serving U. S. Treasury Secretaries in history

But while Andrew Carnegie found a father-figure ( in Tom Scott, a family friend ) after the death of Will Carnegie in 1855, Thomas did not and spent most of his life emulating his brother.

First design was probably by Andrew Clarke, the Surveyor-General of Victoria, in 1854 or 1855.

* Order of St. Andrew ( August 24, 1840, diamonds added on Nov. 17, 1855 )

* Andrew Francis Barnard ( 1773 – 1855 ), an Irish-born, British Army General

His most important books are Life of Horace Greeley ( 1855 ), Life and Times of Aaron Burr ( 1857 ), Life of Andrew Jackson ( 1859 – 1860 ), Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin ( 1864 ), Life of Thomas Jefferson ( 1874 ), and Life of Voltaire ( 1881 ).

* Yakama tribesmen slay Indian Subagent Andrew J. Bolon near Toppenish Creek on September 23, 1855.

Mellon was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on March 24, 1855.

" Mellon born March 24, 1855, died August 26, 1937.

Cecilia Beaux ( May 1, 1855 – September 7, 1942 ) was an American society portraitist, in the manner of John Singer Sargent.

* 1855 – Clinton Hart Merriam, American ornithologist ( d. 1942 )

* 2011 – For the first time in more than 100 years the Umatilla, an American Indian tribe, were able to hunt and harvest a bison just outside Yellowstone National Park, restoring a centuries-old tradition guaranteed by a treaty signed in 1855.

* 1855 – Ellen Day Hale, American painter and printmaker ( d. 1940 )

His master, Moses Carver, was a German American immigrant who had purchased George's parents, Mary and Giles, from William P. McGinnis on October 9, 1855, for $ 700.

* 1855 – American adventurer William Walker conquers Nicaragua.

* 1821 – William Poole, American gangster ( d. 1855 )

* 1855 – American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.

* 1855 – Francis Bellamy, American author, editor, and Baptist minister ( d. 1931 )

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

* 1944 – Fannie Barrier Williams, American educator and political activist ( b. 1855 )

* 1855 – Alfred E. Hunt, American entrepreneur ( d. 1899 )

* 1926 – John Browning, American firearm designer and inventor ( b. 1855 )

* 1916 – Percival Lowell, American amateur astronomer ( b. 1855 )

* 1855 – James S. Sherman, American politician & 27th Vice President of the United States ( d. 1912 )

* 1926 – Eugene Debs, American labor leader and Socialist presidential candidate ( b. 1855 )

Percival Lawrence Lowell ( March 13, 1855 – November 12, 1916 ) was an American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer who fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars, founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, and formed the beginning of the effort that led to the discovery of Pluto 14 years after his death.

The Colt Revolving Rifle Model 1855 was an early repeating rifle and the first one to be used by the U. S. Government, and saw some limited action during the American Civil War.

The Siege of Sevastopol ( 1854 – 1855 ) during the Crimean War and the Siege of Petersburg ( 1864 – 1865 ) during the American Civil War showed that modern citadels, when improved by improvised defences, could still resist an enemy for many months.

* 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.

* October 20 – Eugene V. Debs, American labor and political leader ( b. 1855 )

* September 14 – Ezra Seymour Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist ( b. 1855 )

* November 12 – Percival Lowell, American astronomer ( b. 1855 )