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

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

Jan 06   Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer was born in the year 1861.  

Jan 06   George Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940) was born in the year 1861.  

Jan 13   Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 14   Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 18   Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist was born in the year 1861.  

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

Jan 02   In the year 1861 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   In the year 1861 franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53  

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