Historical Events In 1861
Monday, 27 March 2023
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) in the year 1861.
Oct 24 First transcontinental telegram sent ending the Pony Express in the year 1861.
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 On this day in history friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer, dies at 82
Oct 26 In the year 1861 pony Express ends
Oct 26 On this day in history richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, US Open (1881)
Nov 01 On this day in history 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 in the year 1861.
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) 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 in the year 1861.
Nov 07 Battle of Belmont, MO in the year 1861.
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 1st documented Canadian football game (at U of Toronto) on this day in history.
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 in the year 1861.
Nov 19 Julia Ward Howe committed "Battle Hymn of the Republic" to paper in the year 1861.
Nov 20 On this day in history secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.
Nov 21 On this day in history joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet
Nov 22 Battle of Ft McRee, FL in the year 1861.
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 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 On this day in history confederate congress officially admits Missouri to the CSA
Nov 28 In the year 1861 robert Fuhrer, composer, dies at 54
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