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 in the year 1861.   

Jan 02   In the year 1861 colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia   

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

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

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   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 in the year 1861.   

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

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

Jan 05   On this day in history alabama troops seize Forts Morgan & Gaines at Mobile Bay   

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

Jan 06   Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer in the year 1861.   

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   On this day in history florida troops takeover Ft Marion at St Augustine   

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

Jan 09   In the year 1861 mississippi becomes 2nd state to secede   

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

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 in the year 1861.   

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 in the year 1861.   

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   In the year 1861 fort Pikens FL falls into state hands   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   William Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904) was born in the year 1861.   

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

Jan 06   George Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 13   Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959) was born in the year 1861.   

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 in the year 1861.   

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   In the year 1861 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 in the year 1861.   

Feb 12   Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Feb 18   Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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.