Editing 1855 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 17]]
** [[Henry Bessemer]] files his [[patent]] in the United Kingdom for the [[Bessemer process]] of [[steel]]making.<ref>{{cite book|first=Stephen|last=van Dulken|title=Inventing the 19th Century: the great age of Victorian inventions|location=London|publisher=[[British Library]]|year=2001|isbn=0-7123-0881-4|pages=30–1}}</ref>
** [[Crimean War]]: [[Battle of Kinburn (1855)|Battle of Kinburn]] &ndash; Combined French and British forces subdue Russian shore forts. The successful use of French [[Floating battery|floating batteries]] makes this the first use of modern [[ironclad warship]]s in action.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=Herbert Wrigley|author-link=Herbert Wrigley Wilson|title=Ironclads in Action: A Sketch of Naval Warfare from 1855 to 1895|url=https://archive.org/details/ironcladsinacti00wilsgoog|year=1896|publisher=S. Low, Marston and Company|location=London}}</ref>
* [[October 24]] &ndash; [[Van Diemen's Land]] is officially renamed [[Tasmania]].
* [[November 17]] &ndash; [[Scottish people|Scottish]] missionary explorer [[David Livingstone]] becomes the first European to see [[Victoria Falls, Zambia|Victoria Falls]], in modern-day [[Zambia]]–[[Zimbabwe]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref>
* [[November 15]] &ndash; The [[Hejaz rebellion]] takes place in Hejaz against the Ottoman Empire, triggered by a [[firman of 1854]] against the slave trade, which is condemned by the ulema of Mecca as influenced by Westerners and contrary to [[Islamic law]].<ref>Badem, C. (2010). ''The Ottoman Crimean War (1853-1856)''. Tyskland: Brill. p.357.</ref> 
* [[November 21]] &ndash; Large-scale [[Bleeding Kansas]] violence begins, with events leading to the '[[Wakarusa War]]' between antislavery and proslavery forces.
* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]]'s fictional poem ''[[The Song of Hiawatha]]'' is published in Boston.
* [[December 11]] &ndash; [[Ignacio Comonfort]] (1812–1863) becomes [[President of Mexico]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ignacio Comonfort|url=https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/c/comonfort.htm|website=Biografias y Vidas|access-date=2019-06-08|language=es}}</ref>
* [[December 22]] &ndash; The [[Metropolitan Board of Works]] is established in London.