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   In the year 1861 first transcontinental telegraph sent in the United States.   

Oct 25   In the year 1861 battle of Wilson's Creek, MI (Springfield)   

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

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   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   On this day in history university of Washington founded in Seattle   

Nov 06   In the year 1861 james A Naismith, inventor (basketball)   

Nov 06   In the year 1861 jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as Confederate pres   

Nov 06   In the year 1861 jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as Confederate President   

Nov 07   Battle of Belmont, MO in the year 1861.   

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) in the year 1861.   

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   In the year 1861 vaclav Suk, composer   

Nov 19   Julia Ward Howe committed "Battle Hymn of the Republic" to paper on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1861 battle of Ft McRee, FL   

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   West Virginia created as a result of dispute over slavery with Virg on this day in history.   

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

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

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   In the year 1861 birth of max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)   

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   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   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   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   Josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1861.   

Mar 14   Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1861.