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.

The first woman in Sweden to complete a doctoral degree was Ellen Fries ( 1855 – 1900 ), who entered Uppsala university in 1877 and became a Ph. D. in history in 1883.

* Alice ( born September 1860 ; illegitimate daughter of Ellen and Ernest ; married Jack Rowlings ( born 1855 ))

Ellen Nussey around 1855, at the time of the death of Charlotte.

* Ellen Day Hale ( 1855 – 1940 )

* Ellen Wrenshall Grant known as " Nellie " ( 1855 – 1922 )-homemaker.

On 10 March 1880 he married Ellen Luetta Tuck ( 1855 – 1927 ).

Charles and Hannah had 13 children: Charles ( 1838 – 1903 ), Frederick ( 1839 – 1905, married Anne Jane Sutcliffe ), Elizabeth ( 1840 – 1912, married Thomas Boyes ), Henry ( 1842 – 1866 ), Ellen ( 1844 – 1845 ), Edward ( 1845 – 1845 ), Walter ( 1846 – 1911 ), Thirza Ann ( 1849 – 1929, married Robert William Skilton ), Edmund ( 1851 – 1923, married Annie Morris ), Emily ( 1853 – 1923 ), Jessie ( 1855 – 1904 ), Arthur William ( 1857 – 1946, married Eliza Jane Wilson ), and Horace ( 1859 – 1867 ).

They include Ellen Middleton ( 1844 ), Grantley Manor ( 1847 ), Lady Bird ( 1852 ), Life of St. Francis of Rome ( 1855 ), The countess of Bonneval ( 1858 ) Rose Leblanc ( 1861 ), Laurentia, a tale of Japan ( 1861 ), Too Strange not to be True ( 1864 ), Constance Sherwood ( 1865 ), A stormy life ( 1867 ), Helpers of the holy soul ( 1868 ), Mrs. Geralds niece ( 1869 ), Life of Louisa de Carvajal ( 1873 ), A will and a way ( 1881 ) and Life of Elizabeth Lady Falkland ( 1883 ).

Elizabeth Hamilton ( 1847 – 1901 ); Agnes Crooks ( 1849 – 1889 ); James ( 1851 – 1920 ); Alexander ( 1853 – 1900 ); Marion ( 1855 – 1892 ); Mary Jean ( 1862 – 1928 ); Emily Ellen ( 1864 – 1944 ); Jessie Sophia ( 1866 – 1946 ); Annie Euphemia ( 1868 – 1952 ); Henrietta Maude ( 1872 – 1950 ).

Raphael Cilento was born in Jamestown, South Australia in 1893, son of Raphael Ambrose Cilento, a stationmaster ( whose father Salvatore had emigrated from Naples, Italy in 1855 ), and Frances Ellen Elizabeth, née West.

Varley had two sons and two daughters with his first wife, Ellen ( née Rouse ), whom he married on 4 October 1855.

His other children included John ( b. 1855 ), Ellen ( b. 1858 ), Josephine ( b. 1860 ), Marie ( b. 1852 ), Virginia ( b. 1854 ), and Edna ( b. 1870 ).

* Thomas Day ( Connecticut ), American judge ( d. 1855 )

This work was first performed in its entirety in the church of St Eustache in Paris on Saint Cecilia's Day, 22 November 1855 ; from this rendition dates Gounod's fame as a noteworthy composer.

Since about 1855, the fair is held each year on the weekend after Labor Day.

Mrs. Pierce made her first official appearance as First Lady at a New Year's Day reception in 1855 and thereafter served as White House hostess intermittently.

Levi Day Boone ( December 6, 1808 in Kentucky -- January 24, 1882 ) served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois ( 1855 – 1856 ) for the American Party ( Know-Nothings ).

Landseer was particularly associated with Scotland, which he had first visited in 1824, and the Highlands in particular, which provided the subjects ( both human and animal ) for many of his important paintings, including his early successes The Hunting of Chevy Chase ( 1825 – 6 ) and An Illicit Whiskey Still in the Highlands ( 1826 – 9 ), and his more mature achievements such as the majestic stag study Monarch of the Glen ( 1851 ) and Rent Day in the Wilderness ( 1855 – 68 ).

He produced a number of novels, including The Maid of Warsaw, Woman's Wrongs, and The Painter of Florence, also some poems, The Battle Day ( 1855 ), The Revolt of Hindostan ( 1857 ), and Corayda ( 1859 ).

On 17 September 1855 at Genitichi, Crimea, Lieutenant Day of HMS Recruit was put ashore from a rowing boat to reconnoitre the bridge, batteries and enemy gun boats on the Arabat Spit.

Among his more important works may be named Women Gleaning, and The Day after St Sebastian's Day ( 1855 ), which gained him a third-class medal ; Blessing the Fields ( 1857 ), a second-class medal ; Erecting a Calvary ( 1859 ), now in the Lille gallery ; The Return of the Gleaners ( 1859 ), now in the Luxembourg ; Evening and Women Weeding ( 1861 ), a first-class medal ; Grandfather's Birthday ( 1862 ); The Close of Day ( 1865 ); Harvest ( 1867 ); Potato Gatherers ( 1868 ); A Pardon, Brittany ( 1869 ); The Fountain ( 1872 ), medal of honour ; The Bonfires of St John ( 1875 ); Women mending Nets ( 1876 ), in the Douai museum ; A Gleaner ( 1877 ), Luxembourg ; Evening, Finistère ( 1881 ); The Song of the Lark ( 1884 ); The Last Sunbeam ( 1885 ); The Shepherd's Star ( 1888 ); The Call Home ( 1889 ); The Last Gleanings ( 1895 ); Gathering Poppies ( 1897 ); The Alarm Cry ( 1899 ); Twilight Glory ( 1900 ).

To the earlier romances of Schimmel belong: Bonaparte en zijn tijd (" Bonaparte and his Time ," 1853 ), De eerste dag eens nieuwen levens (" The First Day of a New Life ," 2 vols, 1855 ), Sproken en vertellingen (" Legends and Tales ," 1855 ), Een Haagsche joffer (" A Hague Damsel ," 1857 ), De Vooravond der revolutie (" The Eve of the Revolution ," 1866 ).

Joseph Day ( 1855 in London – 1946 ) is a little-known English engineer who developed the extremely widely-used crankcase-compression two-stroke petrol engine, as used for small engines from lawnmowers to mopeds and small motorcycles.

Captain H. Day, soldier and penal administrator, was commandant of the second convict settlement at Norfolk Island, during its last days from September 1853 to May 1855.

Thomas Day ( 1777 – 1855 ) graduated from Yale College in 1797 ; studied law at Litchfield Law School ; and, from September 1798 to September 1799, was a tutor in Williams College.

Its foundation stone was laid on 17 May 1855, which in that year was Ascension Day.

( 1852 ), Waiting for an Omnibus in the Lowther Arcade on a Rainy Day ( 1854 ), A Game of Romps ( 1855 ), How Stout You're Getting!

* Jeanette's Wedding Day ( farce from Les Noces de Jeanette, 1855 ).

On St. Patrick ’ s Day 1855, the 9th, 69th, 7th and 12th Regiments were held at the parade ground to await orders rather than march in the parade.