Historical Events In 1861

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

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

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   On this day in history helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12)  

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

Jan 02   SC seizes inactive Ft Johnson in Charleston Harbor on this day in history.  

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

Jan 06   Florida troops seize Federal arsenal at Apalachicola on this day in history.  

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

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   In the year 1861 florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US  

Jan 10   Fort Jackson & Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops on this day in history.  

Jan 10   US forts & property seized by Mississippi in the year 1861.  

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 in the year 1861.  

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

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   Fort Pikens FL falls into state hands on this day in history.  

Jan 14   In the year 1861 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 in the year 1861.  

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

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   In the year 1861 birth of wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf)  

Jan 18   Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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 in the year 1861.  

Feb 10   In the year 1861 francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies  

Feb 12   On this day in history hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72  

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   On this day in history abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58