Historical Events In 1861

Jan 01   Porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1861 helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12)  

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

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

Jan 03   On this day in history delaware legislature rejects proposal to join Confederacy  

Jan 03   US Fort Pulaski &Fort Jackson, Savannah, seized by Georgia in the year 1861.  

Jan 04   In the year 1861 pres Buchanan appoints a fast on account of threatened succession  

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

Jan 04   US Fort Morgan, Mobile, seized by Alabama on this day in history.  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

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

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   In the year 1861 fort Jackson & Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops  

Jan 10   In the year 1861 uS forts & property seized by Mississippi  

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 on this day in history.  

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   FL state troops demand surrender of Ft Pickens on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 13   In the year 1861 birth of max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)  

Jan 14   Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 18   Raymond Huntington Woodman, composer was born in the year 1861.  

Jan 02   Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Jan 17   Lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821) died on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 18   In the year 1861 louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74  

Mar 10   In the year 1861 josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67  

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