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.

* November 11 – Ned Kelly, Australian bush ranger ( hanged ) ( b. c. 1855 )

The Story of the Kelly Gang is a 1906 Australian film that traces the life of the legendary bushranger Ned Kelly ( 1855 – 1880 ).

Edward " Ned " Kelly ( June 1854 or 1855 – 11 November 1880 ) was an Irish Australian bushranger.

In fact, the first feature length movie ever produced was The Story of the Kelly Gang ( 1906 ), an Australian production that traced the life of the outlaw Ned Kelly ( 1855 – 1880 ).

Edward " Ned " Kelly, born sometime between June 1854 and June 1855, was an Irish-Australian bushranger, and was seen by some as merely a cold-blooded killer, while to others he was a folk hero for his defiance of the colonial authorities.

Edward " Ned " Hanlan ( 12 July 1855 – 4 January 1908 ) was a World Champion professional sculler, hotelier, and alderman from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

The outlaw Ned Kelly ( 1855 – 80 ) achieved the status of a national folk hero ; ballads, films and paintings have since 1878 kept the feisty robber's tale alive.

* Ned Kelly ( 1855 – 1880 ), Australian bushranger and folk hero

* 1855 – Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian politician, 12th Premier of Quebec ( d. 1920 )

It is used, or was once used, in the national legislatures and subnational legislatures of most Commonwealth and ex-Commonwealth nations upon being granted responsible government, beginning with the first of the Canadian provinces in 1848 and the six Australian colonies between 1855 and 1890.

Lacelle, Fancy cancels on Canadian stamps 1855 to 1950 ( British North America Philatelic Society Ltd., Ottawa 2007 ).

At all times conspicuous for his eloquence, honesty and recalcitrancy, he twice came with especial prominence before the public — in 1838, when, although at the time without a seat in parliament, he appeared at the bar of the Commons to protest, in the name of the Canadian Assembly, against the suspension of the Canadian constitution ; and in 1855, when, having overthrown Lord Aberdeen's ministry by carrying a resolution for the appointment of a committee of inquiry into the mismanagement in the Crimean War, he presided over its proceedings.

Many of the group's participants had studied under William Brymner ( 1855 – 1925 ), a prominent Canadian artist who encouraged them to explore new modernistic approaches to painting.

The Canadian, 1855.

When in 1855 the newly-created Canadian post office pointed out there was already a Waterford in Ontario, the town needed yet another name change.

* William Benjamin Ross ( 1855 – 1929 ), Canadian politician, lawyer and businessman

* John Aird ( banker ) ( 1855 – 1938 ), Canadian banker

Volunteer Canadian artillery batteries existed before 1855 but their history is mostly unknown.

The Militia Act of 1855, an act of Canadian legislation, permitted the formation of an Active Militia.

Title: Regiments and Corps of the Canadian Sedentary Militia 1855

Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper, KCMG, PC ( August 3, 1855 – March 30, 1927 ) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.

Based on its performance, the force was increased and authorized to assume the title The Royal Montreal Cavalry, which it continued to bear until it was absorbed into the newly formed Canadian Militia in 1855 as the Montreal Squadron of Cavalry.

With the enactment of the Militia Act of 1855, the Canadian Militia Department was established.

Homer Ransford Watson ( January 14, 1855 – May 30, 1936 ) was a Canadian landscape painter.

* James Warburton ( 1855 – 1928 ), Canadian physician and politician

Charles Joseph Doherty, PC, KC ( May 11, 1855 – July 28, 1931 ) was a Canadian politician and jurist.

When in 1855 the newly created Canadian post office pointed out there was already a Waterford in Ontario, the town needed yet another name change.

* Charles James Hamilton ( 1855 – 1937 ), Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons

After his marriage to a Canadian woman in 1855, Hale moved to Ontario.

After marrying the Canadian Margaret Pugh of Goderich Township, Hale was admitted to the Chicago bar in 1855.

* William McNab ( engineer ) ( 1855 – 1923 ) Canadian engineer