Page 12: Historical Events In 1861

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

Oct 24   On this day in history 1st US transcontinental telegram is sent (from SF to Wash DC)   

Oct 24   On this day in history first transcontinental telegram sent ending the Pony Express   

Oct 24   In the year 1861 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   On this day in history richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, US Open (1881)   

Nov 01   In the year 1861 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   In the year 1861 johann Peter Kirsch, Luxembourg church historian/archaeologist   

Nov 04   University of Washington founded in Seattle in the year 1861.   

Nov 06   On this day in history james A Naismith, inventor (basketball)   

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

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   Battle of Mount Ivy, KY in the year 1861.   

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   In the year 1861 robert T A Innes, Edinburgh Scotland, astronomer (Proxima Centauri)   

Nov 11   Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies at 24 in the year 1861.   

Nov 14   Frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U) in the year 1861.   

Nov 16   On this day in history vaclav Suk, composer   

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

Nov 20   In the year 1861 secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.   

Nov 21   On this day in history joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet   

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

Nov 24   Luik-Visé-Maastricht railway opens on this day in history.   

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   Confederate congress officially admits Missouri to Confederate Army in the year 1861.   

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

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 in the year 1861.   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1861 birth of heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer   

Jan 06   In the year 1861 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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1861.   

Jan 17   Lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821) died in the year 1861.   

Jan 31   Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 12   In the year 1861 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   Josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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