Editing 1855 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* July &ndash; [[Bank of Toronto]] incorporated in Canada (in 1955 it will merge with [[The Dominion Bank]] to become [[Toronto-Dominion Bank]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.td.com/150/history.jsp|publisher=TD Bank Financial Group|title=Celebrating a rich history|access-date=2020-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060508025519/http://www.td.com/150/history.jsp|archive-date=2006-05-08}}</ref>
* [[July 1]] &ndash; The [[Quinault Treaty]], in which the [[Quinault people|Quinault]] and [[Quileute]] tribes cede their land to the United States, is signed.
* [[July 2]] &ndash; The [[Kansas Legislature|Kansas territorial legislature]] convenes in [[Pawnee, Kansas|Pawnee]], and begins passing proslavery laws.
* [[July 4]]
** [[Thomas Cook]] escorts his first party of excursionists from England to tour the European continent, travelling via Belgium and enabling the tourists to visit the Paris Exposition.<ref name=TCook>{{cite web|title=Thomas Cook's first tours to the continent|first=Jill|last=Hamilton|url=https://thehistorypress.co.uk/article/thomas-cooks-first-tours-to-the-continent/|publisher=The History Press|date=2017-07-04|accessdate=2025-05-10}}</ref>
** [[Walt Whitman]]'s poetry collection ''[[Leaves of Grass]]'' is published in [[Brooklyn]].
* [[July 16]] &ndash; The [[Australian Colonies]]  are granted self-governing status by the United Kingdom.
* [[August 1]] &ndash; [[Monte Rosa]], the second-highest summit in the Alps, is first ascended.
* [[August 18]] &ndash; [[Queen Victoria]] of the United Kingdom, with Prince Albert, begins a 10-day state visit to Paris,<ref>{{cite web|title=Queen Victoria's entry into Paris, 18 August 1855|url=https://www.rct.uk/collection/920060/queen-victorias-entry-into-paris-18-august-1855|publisher=The Royal Collection Trust|accessdate=2025-05-10}}</ref> the first visit of a reigning British monarch to France since [[1413]]. While there, she visits the Exposition Universelle.<ref name=TCook/>
* [[September 3]] &ndash; The last [[Bartholomew Fair]] is held in London, England.
* [[September 9]] (August 28 [[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]]) &ndash; [[Crimean War]]: [[Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)]] &ndash; [[Sevastopol]] falls to French and British troops.
* [[September 27]] &ndash; [[Alfred Tennyson]] reads from his new book ''[[Maud and other poems]]'', at a social gathering in the home of [[Robert Browning|Robert]] and [[Elizabeth Barrett Browning|Elizabeth Browning]] in London; [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]] makes a sketch of him doing so.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tennyson Reading 'Maud'|url=http://www.preraphaelites.org/the-collection/1904p495/tennyson-reading-maud/|work=Pre-Raphaelite Online Resource|publisher=[[Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery|Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery]]|access-date=2013-05-09}}</ref>
* [[September 29]] &ndash; The [[Port of Iloilo]] in the [[Philippines]] is opened to [[international trade]], by Queen [[Isabel II of Spain]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Henry|last=Funtecha|url=http://www.thenewstoday.info/2006/07/21/iloilos.position.under.colonial.rule.html|title=Iloilo's position under colonial rule|work=thenewstoday.info}}</ref> This year also the ports of Sual (modern-day [[Pangasinan]]) and [[Zamboanga City]] are opened to international trade.