Historical Events In 1861

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

Jan 01   In the year 1861 president Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful  

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   SC seizes inactive Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03   Delaware legislature rejects proposal to join Confederacy on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1861 president Buchanan appoints a fast on account of threatened succession  

Jan 04   US Fort Morgan, Mobile, seized by Alabama in the year 1861.  

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

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

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   On this day in history heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer  

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

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

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

Jan 09   In the year 1861 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 in the year 1861.  

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

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   In the year 1861 uS forts & property seized by Mississippi  

Jan 11   In the year 1861 alabama becomes 4th state to secede  

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 in the year 1861.  

Jan 12   FL state troops demand surrender of Fort Pickens on this day in history.  

Jan 12   FL state troops demand surrender of Ft Pickens on this day in history.  

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

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

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Jan 02   On this day in history 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 in the year 1861.  

Jan 06   In the year 1861 birth of george Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940)  

Jan 13   Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959) was born on this day in history.  

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   Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies in the year 1861.  

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   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