Page 12: Historical Events In 1861

Oct 22   1st telegraph line linking West & East coasts completed in the year 1861.   

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

Oct 24   In the year 1861 first transcontinental telegram sent ending the Pony Express   

Oct 24   On this day in history first transcontinental telegraph sent in the United States.   

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   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   American Civil War: Western Department Union General John C. Fremont is relieved of command and replaced by David Hunter on this day in history.   

Nov 03   Johann Peter Kirsch, Luxembourg church historian/archaeologist in the year 1861.   

Nov 04   On this day in history university of Washington founded in Seattle   

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   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   On this day in history battle of Mount Ivy, KY   

Nov 08   US removes Confederate officials from British steamer Trent in the year 1861.   

Nov 09   In the year 1861 1st documented Canadian football game (at U of Toronto)   

Nov 09   In the year 1861 battle of Piketon, KY   

Nov 10   Robert T A Innes, Edinburgh Scotland, astronomer (Proxima Centauri) on this day in history.   

Nov 11   Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies at 24 on this day in history.   

Nov 14   In the year 1861 frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U)   

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

Nov 19   Julia Ward Howe committed "Battle Hymn of the Republic" to paper in the year 1861.   

Nov 20   Secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government in the year 1861.   

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   Luik-Visé-Maastricht railway opens in the year 1861.   

Nov 26   On this day in history at Wheeling, a convention adopts a constitution for new state West Virginia   

Nov 26   West Virginia created as a result of dispute over slavery with Virg in the year 1861.   

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   Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12) was born in the year 1861.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of william Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904)   

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

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

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)   

Jan 14   On this day in history 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   Raymond Huntington Woodman, composer was born in the year 1861.   

Jan 02   Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65 in the year 1861.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 12   Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1861.   

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.