September 1861 in History

Events in History

Event of Interest

Sep 4 British Association for Advancement of Science proposes standard units of electrical measurement (the Volt after Alessandro Volta; the Ohm after Georg Ohm) at its 31st annual meeting (Manchester, England)

Event of Interest

Sep 6 General Ulysses S. Grant occupies Paducah, Kentucky

Sep 9 Nurse Sally Tompkins is officially commissioned as an officer (and its only woman officer) by the Confederate US Army
Sep 10 -15] Battle at Cheat Mountain, Elkwater, West Virginia
Sep 10 Battle of Carnifex Ferry in Virginia, 170 casualties
Sep 13 1st naval battle of Civil War, Union frigate "Colorado" sinks privateer "Judah" off Pensacola, Fla
Sep 16 Battle of Princeton, West Virginia
Sep 16 British Post Office Savings Banks opens
Sep 17 First class for escaped slaves taught by Mary Peake at Fortress Monroe Virginia (now Hampton University).
Sep 20 Battle of Lexington, MI-captured by Union
Sep 25 Secretary of US Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves

Birthdays in History

Sep 10 Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and ceramist (Trold, der vejrer kristenblod), born in Vejen, Denmark (d. 1941)
Sep 11 Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and writer (Panu, Tuomio), born in Lapinlahti, Finland (d. 1921)
Sep 17 Owen Seaman, British poet and editor (Punch), born in Shrewsbury, England (d. 1936)
Sep 20 Herbert Putnam, American Librarian of Congress, born in NYC, New York (d. 1955)
Sep 23 Robert Bosch, German inventor and industrialist (d. 1942)
Sep 28 Amélie of Orléans, Queen of Portugal, wife of Carlos I, born in Twickenham, London (d. 1951)
Sep 30 William Wrigley Jr., American industrialist (Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1932)