Page 12: 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) in the year 1861.   

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

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

Oct 25   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1861.   

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

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

Nov 04   On this day in history university of Washington founded in Seattle   

Nov 06   James A Naismith, inventor (basketball) on this day in history.   

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

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

Nov 07   Battle of Belmont, MO on this day in history.   

Nov 08   Battle of Mount Ivy, KY in the year 1861.   

Nov 08   On this day in history uS removes Confederate officials from British steamer Trent   

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

Nov 09   On this day in history battle of Piketon, KY   

Nov 10   Robert T A Innes, Edinburgh Scotland, astronomer (Proxima Centauri) in the year 1861.   

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

Nov 14   In the year 1861 frederick Jackson Turner, Wisc, historian/educator (Harvard U)   

Nov 16   Vaclav Suk, composer in the year 1861.   

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

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   In the year 1861 battle of Ft McRee, FL   

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

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

Nov 26   On this day in history 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   Confederate congress officially admits Missouri to the CSA in the year 1861.   

Nov 28   Robert Fuhrer, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   In the year 1861 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   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   In the year 1861 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 in the year 1861.   

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 in the year 1861.   

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 in the year 1861.   

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

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   Josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1861.   

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