Historical Events In 1861

Jan 01   On this day in history porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City  

Jan 01   President Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia in the year 1861.  

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

Jan 02   Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12) in the year 1861.  

Jan 02   SC seizes inactive Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor in the year 1861.  

Jan 02   SC seizes inactive Ft Johnson in Charleston Harbor in the year 1861.  

Jan 03   In the year 1861 delaware legislature rejects proposal to join Confederacy  

Jan 03   On this day in history uS Fort Pulaski &Fort Jackson, Savannah, seized by Georgia  

Jan 04   Pres Buchanan appoints a fast on account of threatened succession in the year 1861.  

Jan 04   On this day in history president Buchanan appoints a fast on account of threatened succession  

Jan 04   In the year 1861 uS Fort Morgan, Mobile, seized by Alabama  

Jan 05   250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Fort Sumter on this day in history.  

Jan 05   In the year 1861 250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Ft Sumter  

Jan 05   Alabama troops seize Forts Morgan & Gaines at Mobile Bay in the year 1861.  

Jan 06   In the year 1861 florida troops seize Federal arsenal at Apalachicola  

Jan 06   Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer in the year 1861.  

Jan 06   On this day in history new York City NY mayor proposes New York become a free city, trading with N &S  

Jan 07   On this day in history florida troops takeover Fort Marion at St Augustine  

Jan 07   On this day in history florida troops takeover Ft Marion at St Augustine  

Jan 09   1st hostile act of Civil War; Star of West fired on, Sumter, SC on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Mississippi becomes 2nd state to secede in the year 1861.  

Jan 09   The first hostile act of Civil War; Star of the West fired on, Sumter SC in the year 1861.  

Jan 10   In the year 1861 colonel Moody names Lulu Island (near Vancouver) for Lulu Sweet, an American actress appearing in theatrical performances for the Royal Engineers  

Jan 10   In the year 1861 florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US  

Jan 10   Fort Jackson & Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops in the year 1861.  

Jan 10   US forts & property seized by Mississippi on this day in history.  

Jan 11   Alabama becomes 4th state to secede on this day in history.  

Jan 11   Alabama secedes from the Union at the start of the U.S. Civil War in the year 1861.  

Jan 11   On this day in history mexico City captured by Juárez (Liberal) in War of the Reform  

Jan 12   On this day in history fL state troops demand surrender of Fort Pickens  

Jan 12   In the year 1861 fL state troops demand surrender of Ft Pickens  

Jan 14   Fort Pikens FL falls into state hands in the year 1861.  

Jan 14   On this day in history ft Pikens, FL falls into state hands  

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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   Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)  

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   Raymond Huntington Woodman, composer was born on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1861 franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53  

Feb 10   On this day in history francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies  

Feb 12   On this day in history hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72  

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