Historical Events In 1861

Jan 01   In the year 1861 porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City  

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

Jan 02   On this day in history colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia  

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

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

Jan 02   In the year 1861 sC seizes inactive Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor  

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

Jan 04   President Buchanan appoints a fast on account of threatened succession on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jan 05   In the year 1861 alabama troops seize Forts Morgan & Gaines at Mobile Bay  

Jan 06   Florida troops seize Federal arsenal at Apalachicola in the year 1861.  

Jan 06   In the year 1861 heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer  

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   1st hostile act of Civil War; Star of West fired on, Sumter, SC in the year 1861.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US on this day in history.  

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

Jan 10   On this day in history uS forts & property seized by Mississippi  

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

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

Jan 11   In the year 1861 mexico City captured by Juárez (Liberal) in War of the Reform  

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

Jan 14   Ft Pikens, FL falls into state hands on this day in history.  

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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   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   On this day in history 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   Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist was born on this day in history.  

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of raymond Huntington Woodman, composer  

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

Jan 17   On this day in history death of lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)  

Jan 31   In the year 1861 franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53  

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.