Page 13: Historical Events In 1861

Nov 30   French Gailliard, Belgian painter (Zeustempel in Athens) in the year 1861.   

Nov 30   Harper's Weekly publishes EE Beers' "All quiet along the Potomac" on this day in history.   

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

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) on this day in history.   

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) in the year 1861.   

Dec 13   Battle of Alleghany Summit, WV on this day in history.   

Dec 14   On this day in history albert, prince consort of Engld/husband of Queen Victoria, dies at 42   

Dec 14   In the year 1861 prince Albert, husband of England's Queen Victoria, dies in London.   

Dec 15   Charles Edgar Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US) on this day in history.   

Dec 15   Gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

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

Dec 17   Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer on this day in history.   

Dec 18   Lionel Monckton, composer in the year 1861.   

Dec 19   In the year 1861 battle of Black Water   

Dec 19   Constance [Clara] Garnett, Brighton Engld, Russian-English translator on this day in history.   

Dec 20   Battle of Dranesville, VA in the year 1861.   

Dec 21   Congress authorizes the Medal of Honor, the Nation's highest award, for Naval personnel on this day in history.   

Dec 22   Erich Schaeder, German theologist (Theocentric Theology) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history philip St George Cocke, Confederate brig-gen, commits suicide at 52   

Dec 30   In the year 1861 uS, banks stops payments in gold   

Dec 31   22,990 mm of rain falls in Cherrapunji Assam in 1861, world record in the year 1861.   

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

Jan 03   William Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.   

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   Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959) was born in the year 1861.   

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   Raymond Huntington Woodman, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   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   Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.