Historical Events In 1861

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

Oct 24   1st US transcontinental telegram is sent (from SF to Wash DC) in the year 1861.  

Oct 24   First transcontinental telegram sent ending the Pony Express on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1861 pony Express ends  

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 in the year 1861.  

Nov 02   In the year 1861 american Civil War: Western Department Union General John C. Fremont is relieved of command and replaced by David Hunter.  

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 in the year 1861.  

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

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

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

Nov 08   In the year 1861 uS removes Confederate officials from British steamer Trent  

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

Nov 09   On this day in history battle of Piketon, KY  

Nov 10   On this day in history 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   Frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U) in the year 1861.  

Nov 16   Vaclav Suk, composer on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1861.  

Nov 22   In the year 1861 battle of Ft McRee, FL  

Nov 24   On this day in history 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   West Virginia created as a result of dispute over slavery with Virg in the year 1861.  

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

Nov 28   Confederate congress officially admits Missouri to the CSA in the year 1861.  

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

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Jan 02   Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   William Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904) was born in the year 1861.  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of george Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940)  

Jan 13   Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959) was born in the year 1861.  

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

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

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 in the year 1861.  

Feb 10   In the year 1861 francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies  

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   On this day in history josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67  

Mar 14   In the year 1861 abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58