Historical Events In 1861

Nov 30   In the year 1861 french Gailliard, Belgian painter (Zeustempel in Athens)   

Nov 30   In the year 1861 harper's Weekly publishes EE Beers' "All quiet along the Potomac"   

Dec 04   Lillian Russell, [Helen Leonard], US, singer/actress (Great Mogul) in the year 1861.   

Dec 05   In the year 1861 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   On this day in history william Durant auto manufacturer cofounder of Chevrolet, founder of General Motors, Durant Motors; was born   

Dec 09   In the year 1861 battle of Bird Creek, Indian Terr (High Shoal, Chusto-Talasah)   

Dec 13   In the year 1861 battle of Alleghany Summit, WV   

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 in the year 1861.   

Dec 15   Charles Edgar Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US) in the year 1861.   

Dec 15   On this day in history gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45   

Dec 16   In the year 1861 karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71   

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

Dec 18   On this day in history lionel Monckton, composer   

Dec 19   In the year 1861 battle of Black Water   

Dec 19   On this day in history constance [Clara] Garnett, Brighton Engld, Russian-English translator   

Dec 20   Battle of Dranesville, VA on this day in history.   

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

Dec 22   On this day in history erich Schaeder, German theologist (Theocentric Theology)   

Dec 22   On this day in history 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   

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12)   

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   On this day in history 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   Raymond Huntington Woodman, composer was born in the year 1861.   

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   Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 in the year 1861.   

Feb 10   In the year 1861 francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies   

Feb 12   On this day in history 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   On this day in history josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67   

Mar 14   Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.