Page 13: Historical Events In 1861

Nov 30   French Gailliard, Belgian painter (Zeustempel in Athens) on this day in history.   

Nov 30   On this day in history harper's Weekly publishes EE Beers' "All quiet along the Potomac"   

Dec 04   Lillian Russell, [Helen Leonard], US, singer/actress (Great Mogul) on this day in history.   

Dec 05   On this day in history armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War (1922-24)   

Dec 08   Aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman) in the year 1861.   

Dec 08   William Durant auto manufacturer cofounder of Chevrolet, founder of General Motors, Durant Motors; was born in the year 1861.   

Dec 09   Battle of Bird Creek, Indian Terr (High Shoal, Chusto-Talasah) on this day in history.   

Dec 13   Battle of Alleghany Summit, WV in the year 1861.   

Dec 14   Albert, prince consort of Engld/husband of Queen Victoria, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

Dec 14   Prince Albert, husband of England's Queen Victoria, dies in London on this day in history.   

Dec 15   On this day in history charles Edgar Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US)   

Dec 15   Gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1861.   

Dec 16   Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1861.   

Dec 17   Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer in the year 1861.   

Dec 18   In the year 1861 lionel Monckton, composer   

Dec 19   On this day in history battle of Black Water   

Dec 19   Constance [Clara] Garnett, Brighton Engld, Russian-English translator in the year 1861.   

Dec 20   In the year 1861 battle of Dranesville, VA   

Dec 21   In the year 1861 congress authorizes the Medal of Honor, the Nation's highest award, for Naval personnel.   

Dec 22   Erich Schaeder, German theologist (Theocentric Theology) in the year 1861.   

Dec 22   Sara Jeannette Duncan, journalist, novelist, was born at Brantford, Ontario, she joined the Toronto Globe in 1886-87, as its first female full time journalist on this day in history.   

Dec 26   Friedrich Engel, German mathematician (group theory) in the year 1861.   

Dec 26   Philip St George Cocke, Confederate brig-gen, commits suicide at 52 in the year 1861.   

Dec 30   US, banks stops payments in gold in the year 1861.   

Dec 31   22,990 mm of rain falls in Cherrapunji Assam in 1861, world record on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1861 birth of william Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904)   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)   

Jan 14   Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist was born in the year 1861.   

Jan 18   In the year 1861 birth of raymond Huntington Woodman, composer   

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

Jan 17   In the year 1861 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   In the year 1861 francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies   

Feb 12   In the year 1861 hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72   

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

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.