Historical Events In 1861

Nov 30   French Gailliard, Belgian painter (Zeustempel in Athens) on this day in history.   

Nov 30   Harper's Weekly publishes EE Beers' "All quiet along the Potomac" on this day in history.   

Dec 04   On this day in history lillian Russell, [Helen Leonard], US, singer/actress (Great Mogul)   

Dec 05   Armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War (1922-24) on this day in history.   

Dec 08   Aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman) in the year 1861.   

Dec 08   In the year 1861 william Durant auto manufacturer cofounder of Chevrolet, founder of General Motors, Durant Motors; was born   

Dec 09   On this day in history battle of Bird Creek, Indian Terr (High Shoal, Chusto-Talasah)   

Dec 13   Battle of Alleghany Summit, WV in the year 1861.   

Dec 14   On this day in history albert, prince consort of Engld/husband of Queen Victoria, dies at 42   

Dec 14   In the year 1861 prince Albert, husband of England's Queen Victoria, dies in London.   

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

Dec 15   Gualtiero Sanelli, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1861.   

Dec 16   Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

Dec 18   In the year 1861 lionel Monckton, composer   

Dec 19   Battle of Black Water in the year 1861.   

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

Dec 20   On this day in history battle of Dranesville, VA   

Dec 21   In the year 1861 congress authorizes the Medal of Honor, the Nation's highest award, for Naval personnel.   

Dec 22   In the year 1861 erich Schaeder, German theologist (Theocentric Theology)   

Dec 22   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 in the year 1861.   

Dec 26   On this day in history friedrich Engel, German mathematician (group theory)   

Dec 26   Philip St George Cocke, Confederate brig-gen, commits suicide at 52 in the year 1861.   

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 in the year 1861.   

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Jan 02   In the year 1861 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   On this day in history birth of heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer   

Jan 06   In the year 1861 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   In the year 1861 birth of wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf)   

Jan 18   Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist was born in the year 1861.   

Jan 18   In the year 1861 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 in the year 1861.   

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   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   Josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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