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Type	Date Span	Title
Foreign	Fri, March 30, 1855	Great Britain and Afghanistan sign the Treaty of Peshawar
Religion/Philosophy	Tue, April 3, 1855	Passover begins
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, April 8, 1855	Easter Sunday
Religion/Philosophy	Tue, April 10, 1855	Passover ends
Cultural	Sat, April 28, 1855	Boston Veterinary Institute founded
Business/Industry	Wed, May 2, 1855	Pennsylvania and Lehigh Zinc Company is incorporated in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Military/Violent	Fri, May 4, 1855	American filibuster William Walker departs San Francisco for Central America
Cultural	Fri, May 4, 1855	Women's Hospital of New York City opens
Legal/Political	Tue, May 22, 1855	Representative Brooks attacks Senator Sumner in the Senate chamber
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, May 27, 1855	Whitsunday or Pentecost
Personal	Fri, June 1, 1855	Anthony Burns begins his education at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio
Cultural	Tue, June 5, 1855	Jew's Hospital of New York City opens
Religion/Philosophy	Thu, June 7, 1855	Corpus Christi celebrated
Science/Technology	Thu, June 21, 1855	First day of Summer
Slavery/Abolition	Tue, June 26, 1855 - Fri, June 29, 1855	The Radical Abolition Party holds their first convention in New York
Slavery/Abolition	Fri, June 29, 1855	John Brown delivers a speech at the Radical Abolition party convention
Commercial	Sun, July 1, 1855	The Registered Letter makes its appearance
Dickinsonian	Thu, July 12, 1855	Dickinson College holds annual commencement ceremonies
Foreign	Mon, July 16, 1855	Great Britain grants limited self-government to Australia
Foreign	Sat, August 4, 1855	Mexican president Antonio López de Santa Anna resigns and goes into exile
Foreign	Tue, September 11, 1855	British and French troops take the Russian stronghold of Sevastapol in the Crimea
Religion/Philosophy	Sat, September 22, 1855	Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement
Science/Technology	Sun, September 23, 1855	First day of Autumn
Personal	Sat, September 29, 1855	Anne Taney, wife of Chief Justice Taney, dies
Battles/Soldiers	Sat, October 13, 1855	William Walker captures the Nicaraguan capital of Granada
Legal/Political	Wed, October 17, 1855 - Thu, October 18, 1855	Sixth National Women's Rights Convention held in Cincinnati, Ohio
Personal	Mon, October 29, 1855	Gustavus Vasa Fox marries Virginia Lafayette Woodbury
Religion/Philosophy	Fri, November 9, 1855	David Salomons becomes the first Jewish Lord Mayor of London
Cultural	Sat, November 17, 1855	Scottish explorer David Livingstone discovers Victoria Falls
Religion/Philosophy	Sun, December 2, 1855	First Sunday in Advent