Page 12: Historical Events In 1861

Oct 22   In the year 1861 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   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   Battle of Wilson's Creek, MI (Springfield) on this day in history.   

Oct 25   In the year 1861 friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer, dies at 82   

Oct 26   Pony Express ends on this day in history.   

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

Nov 01   In the year 1861 gen George B McClellan made general in chief of Union armies   

Nov 02   On this day in history 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   On this day in history james A Naismith, inventor (basketball)   

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

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

Nov 07   In the year 1861 battle of Belmont, MO   

Nov 08   Battle of Mount Ivy, KY in the year 1861.   

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

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   In the year 1861 julia Ward Howe committed "Battle Hymn of the Republic" to paper   

Nov 20   Secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government on this day in history.   

Nov 21   Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet on this day in history.   

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

Nov 24   On this day in history luik-Visé-Maastricht railway opens   

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

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   In the year 1861 confederate congress officially admits Missouri to the CSA   

Nov 28   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1861 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   Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 18   In the year 1861 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   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   Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 12   On this day in history hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72   

Feb 18   In the year 1861 louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74   

Mar 10   In the year 1861 josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67   

Mar 14   On this day in history abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58