Historical Events In 1861

Jan 01   Porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City in the year 1861.  

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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   In the year 1861 florida troops takeover Fort Marion at St Augustine  

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

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   On this day in history the first hostile act of Civil War; Star of the West fired on, Sumter SC  

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   On this day in history florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US  

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 in the year 1861.  

Jan 11   In the year 1861 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 14   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1861 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   Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf) was born in the year 1861.  

Jan 18   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 17   Lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821) died in the year 1861.  

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   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   On this day in history josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67  

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