Historical Events In 1861

Oct 22   1st telegraph line linking West & East coasts completed in the year 1861.   

Oct 24   1st US transcontinental telegram is sent (from SF to Wash DC) on this day in history.   

Oct 24   First transcontinental telegram sent ending the Pony Express in the year 1861.   

Oct 24   First transcontinental telegraph sent in the United States in the year 1861.   

Oct 25   Battle of Wilson's Creek, MI (Springfield) in the year 1861.   

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

Oct 26   In the year 1861 pony Express ends   

Oct 26   Richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, US Open (1881) in the year 1861.   

Nov 01   Gen George B McClellan made general in chief of Union armies on this day in history.   

Nov 02   American Civil War: Western Department Union General John C. Fremont is relieved of command and replaced by David Hunter on this day in history.   

Nov 03   Johann Peter Kirsch, Luxembourg church historian/archaeologist on this day in history.   

Nov 04   University of Washington founded in Seattle in the year 1861.   

Nov 06   James A Naismith, inventor (basketball) in the year 1861.   

Nov 06   Jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as Confederate pres in the year 1861.   

Nov 06   Jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as Confederate President on this day in history.   

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

Nov 08   In the year 1861 battle of Mount Ivy, KY   

Nov 08   In the year 1861 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   Battle of Piketon, KY in the year 1861.   

Nov 10   Robert T A Innes, Edinburgh Scotland, astronomer (Proxima Centauri) on this day in history.   

Nov 11   Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies at 24 in the year 1861.   

Nov 14   Frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U) in the year 1861.   

Nov 16   Vaclav Suk, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 19   In the year 1861 julia Ward Howe committed "Battle Hymn of the Republic" to paper   

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

Nov 21   Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet in the year 1861.   

Nov 22   Battle of Ft McRee, FL in the year 1861.   

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

Nov 26   In the year 1861 at Wheeling, a convention adopts a constitution for new state West Virginia   

Nov 26   West Virginia created as a result of dispute over slavery with Virg in the year 1861.   

Nov 28   Confederate congress officially admits Missouri to Confederate Army in the year 1861.   

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

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   In the year 1861 birth of heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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 in the year 1861.   

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of hans Goldschmidt, German chemist   

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of raymond Huntington Woodman, composer   

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

Jan 17   Lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821) died on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Mar 14   In the year 1861 abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58