Historical Events In 1861

Jan 01   In the year 1861 porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City  

Jan 01   President Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful in the year 1861.  

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

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

Jan 02   On this day in history helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12)  

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

Jan 02   On this day in history sC seizes inactive Ft Johnson in Charleston Harbor  

Jan 03   Delaware legislature rejects proposal to join Confederacy in the year 1861.  

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

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

Jan 04   In the year 1861 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   In the year 1861 250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Fort Sumter  

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   On this day in history florida troops seize Federal arsenal at Apalachicola  

Jan 06   Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer on this day in history.  

Jan 06   New York City NY mayor proposes New York become a free city, trading with N &S in the year 1861.  

Jan 07   Florida troops takeover Fort Marion at St Augustine on this day in history.  

Jan 07   Florida troops takeover Ft Marion at St Augustine in the year 1861.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 10   On this day in history colonel Moody names Lulu Island (near Vancouver) for Lulu Sweet, an American actress appearing in theatrical performances for the Royal Engineers  

Jan 10   Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US in the year 1861.  

Jan 10   Fort Jackson & Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops on this day in history.  

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

Jan 11   Alabama becomes 4th state to secede in the year 1861.  

Jan 11   On this day in history alabama secedes from the Union at the start of the U.S. Civil War.  

Jan 11   Mexico City captured by Juárez (Liberal) in War of the Reform on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jan 14   In the year 1861 ft Pikens, FL falls into state hands  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of william Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904)  

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf)  

Jan 18   In the year 1861 birth of hans Goldschmidt, German chemist  

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 in the year 1861.  

Jan 31   Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 12   In the year 1861 hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72  

Feb 18   In the year 1861 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