Page 12: 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   First transcontinental telegram sent ending the Pony Express in the year 1861.   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1861 gen George B McClellan made general in chief of Union armies   

Nov 02   In the year 1861 american Civil War: Western Department Union General John C. Fremont is relieved of command and replaced by David Hunter.   

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

Nov 06   On this day in history jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as Confederate pres   

Nov 06   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Nov 08   US removes Confederate officials from British steamer Trent in the year 1861.   

Nov 09   1st documented Canadian football game (at U of Toronto) in the year 1861.   

Nov 09   Battle of Piketon, KY on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1861 frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U)   

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   In the year 1861 joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet   

Nov 22   Battle of Ft McRee, FL on this day in history.   

Nov 24   Luik-Visé-Maastricht railway opens in the year 1861.   

Nov 26   On this day in history at Wheeling, a convention adopts a constitution for new state West Virginia   

Nov 26   In the year 1861 west Virginia created as a result of dispute over slavery with Virg   

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

Nov 28   On this day in history confederate congress officially admits Missouri to the CSA   

Nov 28   Robert Fuhrer, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1861.   

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Jan 02   Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12) was born in the year 1861.   

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

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   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 in the year 1861.   

Jan 18   Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Raymond Huntington Woodman, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65 in the year 1861.   

Jan 17   Lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821) died in the year 1861.   

Jan 31   In the year 1861 franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53   

Feb 10   Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 12   Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1861.   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 14   On this day in history abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58