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Historical Events in March 1855

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  • Mar 2 Aleksandr Romanov becomes tsar of Russia
  • Mar 3 US Congress approves $30,000 to test camels for military use
  • Mar 3 US Congress authorizes registered mail

Flaubert Farewells Colet

Mar 6 Gustave Flaubert writes goodbye to the poet Louise Colet

Novelist Gustave Flaubert
  • Mar 7 17th Grand National: John Hanlon wins aboard Irish horse Wanderer at 25/1
  • Mar 8 1st train crosses 1st US railway suspension bridge, Niagara Falls

Bill the Butcher

Mar 11 Bowery Boys gang leader William Poole aka "Bill the Butcher" is buried in Brooklyn with 155 carriages and 6,000 mourners

Gangster Bill the Butcher
  • Mar 15 Louisiana establishes 1st health board to regulate quarantine
  • Mar 24 Manhattan Kansas founded as New Boston Kansas

Gesner Patents Kerosene

Mar 27 Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner patents kerosene

Physician and Geologist Abraham Gesner



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