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Historical Events In 1861

Monday, 27 March 2023

Oct 22   On this day in history 1st telegraph line linking West & East coasts completed  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 24   1st US transcontinental telegram is sent (from SF to Wash DC) in the year 1861.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 24   First transcontinental telegram sent ending the Pony Express in the year 1861.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 24   First transcontinental telegraph sent in the United States in the year 1861.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 25   Battle of Wilson's Creek, MI (Springfield) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 25   On this day in history friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer, dies at 82  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 26   In the year 1861 pony Express ends  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 26   On this day in history richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, US Open (1881)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 01   On this day in history gen George B McClellan made general in chief of Union armies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 02   American Civil War: Western Department Union General John C. Fremont is relieved of command and replaced by David Hunter in the year 1861.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 03   On this day in history johann Peter Kirsch, Luxembourg church historian/archaeologist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 04   University of Washington founded in Seattle on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 06   James A Naismith, inventor (basketball) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 06   Jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as Confederate pres in the year 1861.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 06   Jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as Confederate President in the year 1861.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 07   Battle of Belmont, MO in the year 1861.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 08   In the year 1861 battle of Mount Ivy, KY  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 08   US removes Confederate officials from British steamer Trent on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 09   1st documented Canadian football game (at U of Toronto) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 09   On this day in history battle of Piketon, KY  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 10   On this day in history robert T A Innes, Edinburgh Scotland, astronomer (Proxima Centauri)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 11   In the year 1861 pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies at 24  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 14   Frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U) in the year 1861.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 16   Vaclav Suk, composer in the year 1861.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 19   Julia Ward Howe committed "Battle Hymn of the Republic" to paper in the year 1861.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 20   On this day in history secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 21   On this day in history joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 22   Battle of Ft McRee, FL in the year 1861.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 24   In the year 1861 luik-Visé-Maastricht railway opens  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 26   At Wheeling, a convention adopts a constitution for new state West Virginia in the year 1861.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 26   West Virginia created as a result of dispute over slavery with Virg in the year 1861.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 28   On this day in history confederate congress officially admits Missouri to Confederate Army  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 28   On this day in history confederate congress officially admits Missouri to the CSA  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Nov 28   In the year 1861 robert Fuhrer, composer, dies at 54  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In 1861

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 02   In the year 1861 birth of helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   William Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904) was born in the year 1861.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 06   Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer was born in the year 1861.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 06   George Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940) was born in the year 1861.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 13   Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 14   Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist was born in the year 1861.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   In the year 1861 birth of raymond Huntington Woodman, composer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1861

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 02   In the year 1861 frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 17   On this day in history death of lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 31   In the year 1861 franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 10   In the year 1861 francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 12   On this day in history hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Feb 18   On this day in history louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 10   On this day in history josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 14   In the year 1861 abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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