Page 12: Historical Events In 1861

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

Oct 24   In the year 1861 1st US transcontinental telegram is sent (from SF to Wash DC)   

Oct 24   In the year 1861 first transcontinental telegram sent ending the Pony Express   

Oct 24   On this day in history first transcontinental telegraph sent in the United States.   

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

Oct 25   On this day in history friedrich C von Savigny, German lawyer, dies at 82   

Oct 26   Pony Express ends on this day in history.   

Oct 26   On this day in history richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, US Open (1881)   

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 in the year 1861.   

Nov 03   Johann Peter Kirsch, Luxembourg church historian/archaeologist in the year 1861.   

Nov 04   In the year 1861 university of Washington founded in Seattle   

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

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

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

Nov 07   On this day in history battle of Belmont, MO   

Nov 08   On this day in history battle of Mount Ivy, KY   

Nov 08   In the year 1861 uS removes Confederate officials from British steamer Trent   

Nov 09   1st documented Canadian football game (at U of Toronto) on this day in history.   

Nov 09   Battle of Piketon, KY in the year 1861.   

Nov 10   In the year 1861 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   Frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U) in the year 1861.   

Nov 16   Vaclav Suk, composer in the year 1861.   

Nov 19   Julia Ward Howe committed "Battle Hymn of the Republic" to paper on this day in history.   

Nov 20   Secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government in the year 1861.   

Nov 21   On this day in history joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet   

Nov 22   On this day in history battle of Ft McRee, FL   

Nov 24   Luik-Visé-Maastricht railway opens on this day in history.   

Nov 26   At Wheeling, a convention adopts a constitution for new state West Virginia on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1861.   

Nov 28   On this day in history robert Fuhrer, composer, dies at 54   

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

Jan 03   William Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904) was born in the year 1861.   

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   Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf)   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies in the year 1861.   

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

Feb 18   On this day in history louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74   

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

Mar 14   Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1861.