Historical Events In 1861

Oct 22   On this day in history 1st telegraph line linking West & East coasts completed  

Oct 24   1st US transcontinental telegram is sent (from SF to Wash DC) on this day in history.  

Oct 24   On this day in history first transcontinental telegram sent ending the Pony Express  

Oct 24   On this day in history first transcontinental telegraph sent in the United States.  

Oct 25   In the year 1861 battle of Wilson's Creek, MI (Springfield)  

Oct 25   Friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer, dies at 82 in the year 1861.  

Oct 26   Pony Express ends in the year 1861.  

Oct 26   In the year 1861 richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, US Open (1881)  

Nov 01   Gen George B McClellan made general in chief of Union armies on this day in history.  

Nov 02   On this day in history american Civil War: Western Department Union General John C. Fremont is relieved of command and replaced by David Hunter.  

Nov 03   On this day in history johann Peter Kirsch, Luxembourg church historian/archaeologist  

Nov 04   University of Washington founded in Seattle on this day in history.  

Nov 06   James A Naismith, inventor (basketball) in the year 1861.  

Nov 06   On this day in history jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as Confederate pres  

Nov 06   Jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as Confederate President on this day in history.  

Nov 07   In the year 1861 battle of Belmont, MO  

Nov 08   On this day in history battle of Mount Ivy, KY  

Nov 08   US removes Confederate officials from British steamer Trent on this day in history.  

Nov 09   On this day in history 1st documented Canadian football game (at U of Toronto)  

Nov 09   In the year 1861 battle of Piketon, KY  

Nov 10   Robert T A Innes, Edinburgh Scotland, astronomer (Proxima Centauri) on this day in history.  

Nov 11   On this day in history 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   On this day in history vaclav Suk, composer  

Nov 19   In the year 1861 julia Ward Howe committed "Battle Hymn of the Republic" to paper  

Nov 20   On this day in history secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.  

Nov 21   Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet on this day in history.  

Nov 22   Battle of Ft McRee, FL in the year 1861.  

Nov 24   Luik-Visé-Maastricht railway opens in the year 1861.  

Nov 26   In the year 1861 at Wheeling, a convention adopts a constitution for new state West Virginia  

Nov 26   In the year 1861 west Virginia created as a result of dispute over slavery with Virg  

Nov 28   On this day in history confederate congress officially admits Missouri to Confederate Army  

Nov 28   In the year 1861 confederate congress officially admits Missouri to the CSA  

Nov 28   Robert Fuhrer, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1861.  

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Jan 02   In the year 1861 birth of helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of william Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904)  

Jan 06   In the year 1861 birth of heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer  

Jan 06   In the year 1861 birth of george Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940)  

Jan 13   In the year 1861 birth of max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)  

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf)  

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of hans Goldschmidt, German chemist  

Jan 18   In the year 1861 birth of raymond Huntington Woodman, composer  

Jan 02   Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65 in the year 1861.  

Jan 17   On this day in history death of lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)  

Jan 31   Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Feb 10   Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 12   On this day in history hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72  

Feb 18   On this day in history louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74  

Mar 10   In the year 1861 josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67  

Mar 14   Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1861.