Historical Events In 1861
Thursday, 28 March 2024
Oct 22 In the year 1861 1st telegraph line linking West & East coasts completed
Oct 24 In the year 1861 1st US transcontinental telegram is sent (from SF to Wash DC)
Oct 24 In the year 1861 first transcontinental telegram sent ending the Pony Express
Oct 24 First transcontinental telegraph sent in the United States in the year 1861.
Oct 25 Battle of Wilson's Creek, MI (Springfield) on this day in history.
Oct 25 Friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer, dies at 82 in the year 1861.
Oct 26 On this day in history pony Express ends
Oct 26 Richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, US Open (1881) in the year 1861.
Nov 01 In the year 1861 gen George B McClellan made general in chief of Union armies
Nov 02 American Civil War: Western Department Union General John C. Fremont is relieved of command and replaced by David Hunter on this day in history.
Nov 03 In the year 1861 johann Peter Kirsch, Luxembourg church historian/archaeologist
Nov 04 In the year 1861 university of Washington founded in Seattle
Nov 06 In the year 1861 james A Naismith, inventor (basketball)
Nov 06 Jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as Confederate pres in the year 1861.
Nov 06 In the year 1861 jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as Confederate President
Nov 07 In the year 1861 battle of Belmont, MO
Nov 08 Battle of Mount Ivy, KY on this day in history.
Nov 08 US removes Confederate officials from British steamer Trent on this day in history.
Nov 09 1st documented Canadian football game (at U of Toronto) on this day in history.
Nov 09 Battle of Piketon, KY on this day in history.
Nov 10 Robert T A Innes, Edinburgh Scotland, astronomer (Proxima Centauri) on this day in history.
Nov 11 In the year 1861 pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies at 24
Nov 14 Frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U) in the year 1861.
Nov 16 In the year 1861 vaclav Suk, composer
Nov 19 Julia Ward Howe committed "Battle Hymn of the Republic" to paper in the year 1861.
Nov 20 Secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government on this day in history.
Nov 21 Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet in the year 1861.
Nov 22 Battle of Ft McRee, FL on this day in history.
Nov 24 In the year 1861 luik-Visé-Maastricht railway opens
Nov 26 At Wheeling, a convention adopts a constitution for new state West Virginia in the year 1861.
Nov 26 In the year 1861 west Virginia created as a result of dispute over slavery with Virg
Nov 28 Confederate congress officially admits Missouri to Confederate Army in the year 1861.
Nov 28 Confederate congress officially admits Missouri to the CSA on this day in history.
Nov 28 Robert Fuhrer, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1861.
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