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1855 deaths
- Joseph AspdinJoseph Aspdin arrived in the world on the 25th of December 1778. He was born into a family living in Hunslet, a district within Leeds, Yorkshire.
- Nicholas I of RussiaThe morning of the 14th of December 1825 dawned at minus eight degrees Celsius in St. Petersburg. A cold so biting that Russian superstition declared it an…
- Carl Friedrich GaussOn the 30th of April 1777, Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was born in Brunswick within the Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
- Henry ColburnHenry Colburn entered the world in 1784, though records offer no clarity on his parentage or early years. The London Metropolitan Archives Parish Registers…
- Søren KierkegaardSøren Aabye Kierkegaard was born on the 5th of May 1813 in Copenhagen. He entered the world as the youngest of seven children to Michael Pedersen Kierkegaard…