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) on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history battle of Wilson's Creek, MI (Springfield)  

Oct 25   Friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer, dies at 82 in the year 1861.  

Oct 26   Pony Express ends in the year 1861.  

Oct 26   Richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, US Open (1881) on this day in history.  

Nov 01   On this day in history gen George B McClellan made general in chief of Union armies  

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 in the year 1861.  

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

Nov 06   James A Naismith, inventor (basketball) in the year 1861.  

Nov 06   Jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as Confederate pres in the year 1861.  

Nov 06   On this day in history jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as Confederate President  

Nov 07   On this day in history battle of Belmont, MO  

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

Nov 08   On this day in history 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   In the year 1861 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) on this day in history.  

Nov 16   In the year 1861 vaclav Suk, composer  

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   In the year 1861 joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet  

Nov 22   Battle of Ft McRee, FL on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1861 west Virginia created as a result of dispute over slavery with Virg  

Nov 28   In the year 1861 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   On this day in history birth of helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12)  

Jan 03   William Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 14   In the year 1861 birth of wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf)  

Jan 18   In the year 1861 birth of hans Goldschmidt, German chemist  

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of raymond Huntington Woodman, composer  

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

Jan 17   On this day in history death of lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)  

Jan 31   On this day in history franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53  

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

Feb 12   Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 10   On this day in history josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67  

Mar 14   Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.