Historical Events In 1861

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

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 on this day in history.  

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   Pony Express ends on this day in history.  

Oct 26   On this day in history 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   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   Johann Peter Kirsch, Luxembourg church historian/archaeologist on this day in history.  

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

Nov 06   James A Naismith, inventor (basketball) on this day in history.  

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

Nov 06   In the year 1861 jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as Confederate President  

Nov 07   Battle of Belmont, MO on this day in history.  

Nov 08   In the year 1861 battle of Mount Ivy, KY  

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

Nov 09   In the year 1861 1st documented Canadian football game (at U of Toronto)  

Nov 09   In the year 1861 battle of Piketon, KY  

Nov 10   In the year 1861 robert T A Innes, Edinburgh Scotland, astronomer (Proxima Centauri)  

Nov 11   In the year 1861 pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies at 24  

Nov 14   In the year 1861 frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U)  

Nov 16   Vaclav Suk, composer in the year 1861.  

Nov 19   On this day in history julia Ward Howe committed "Battle Hymn of the Republic" to paper  

Nov 20   Secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government in the year 1861.  

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   In the year 1861 luik-Visé-Maastricht railway opens  

Nov 26   On this day in history at Wheeling, a convention adopts a constitution for new state West Virginia  

Nov 26   West Virginia created as a result of dispute over slavery with Virg in the year 1861.  

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

Nov 28   Confederate congress officially admits Missouri to the CSA on this day in history.  

Nov 28   Robert Fuhrer, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1861 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   On this day in history birth of max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)  

Jan 14   Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf) was born in the year 1861.  

Jan 18   Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist was born on this day in history.  

Jan 18   Raymond Huntington Woodman, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   On this day in history frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65  

Jan 17   In the year 1861 death of lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)  

Jan 31   Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 in the year 1861.  

Feb 10   Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies in the year 1861.  

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

Feb 18   Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Mar 10   Josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Mar 14   On this day in history abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58