Page 13: Historical Events In 1861

Nov 30   French Gailliard, Belgian painter (Zeustempel in Athens) in the year 1861.   

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

Dec 04   Lillian Russell, [Helen Leonard], US, singer/actress (Great Mogul) in the year 1861.   

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

Dec 08   In the year 1861 aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman)   

Dec 08   William Durant auto manufacturer cofounder of Chevrolet, founder of General Motors, Durant Motors; was born in the year 1861.   

Dec 09   In the year 1861 battle of Bird Creek, Indian Terr (High Shoal, Chusto-Talasah)   

Dec 13   In the year 1861 battle of Alleghany Summit, WV   

Dec 14   Albert, prince consort of Engld/husband of Queen Victoria, dies at 42 in the year 1861.   

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

Dec 15   Charles Edgar Duryea, inventor (1st auto built & operated in US) on this day in history.   

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

Dec 16   Karol Joseph Lipinski, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1861.   

Dec 17   On this day in history fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer   

Dec 18   In the year 1861 lionel Monckton, composer   

Dec 19   Battle of Black Water in the year 1861.   

Dec 19   Constance [Clara] Garnett, Brighton Engld, Russian-English translator in the year 1861.   

Dec 20   Battle of Dranesville, VA on this day in history.   

Dec 21   On this day in history congress authorizes the Medal of Honor, the Nation's highest award, for Naval personnel.   

Dec 22   Erich Schaeder, German theologist (Theocentric Theology) in the year 1861.   

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 on this day in history.   

Dec 26   In the year 1861 friedrich Engel, German mathematician (group theory)   

Dec 26   Philip St George Cocke, Confederate brig-gen, commits suicide at 52 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1861 birth of heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer   

Jan 06   George Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940) was born in the year 1861.   

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   In the year 1861 birth of hans Goldschmidt, German chemist   

Jan 18   In the year 1861 birth of raymond Huntington Woodman, composer   

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

Jan 17   In the year 1861 death of lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)   

Jan 31   Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 in the year 1861.   

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

Mar 10   On this day in history josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67   

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