Page 11: Historical Events In 1861

Aug 28   Battle of Fort Hatteras NC in the year 1861.   

Aug 29   In the year 1861 american Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.   

Aug 29   On this day in history franz Joseph Glaser, composer, dies at 63   

Sep 01   On this day in history grant assumes command of Federal forces at Cape Girardeau MI   

Sep 03   Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality in the year 1861.   

Sep 06   In the year 1861 general Grant occupies Paducah Kentucky   

Sep 09   On this day in history sally Tompkins is only Confederate Army female commissioned officer   

Sep 10   -15] Battle at Cheat Mountain, Elkwater West Virginia on this day in history.   

Sep 11   Juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio) in the year 1861.   

Sep 13   1st naval battle of Civil War, Union frigate "Colorado" sinks privateer "Judah" off Pensacola, Fla in the year 1861.   

Sep 14   Fortunato Santini, composer, dies at 83 in the year 1861.   

Sep 16   In the year 1861 battle of Princeton WV   

Sep 17   1st day school for freedmen forms at Fortress Monroe Virginia in the year 1861.   

Sep 17   Owen Seaman, poet/editor (Punch) in the year 1861.   

Sep 20   Battle of Lexington, MI-captured by Union in the year 1861.   

Sep 22   Fort Fauntleroy (Wingate), rapes Navaho Indians on this day in history.   

Sep 23   In the year 1861 edmond H H Allenby, English fieldmarshal/high director (Egypt)   

Sep 25   Secretary of US Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves on this day in history.   

Sep 26   In the year 1861 2nd British Golf Open: Tom Morris Sr shoots a 163 at Prestwick Club   

Sep 28   Pedro De Cordoba, NYC, actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur) in the year 1861.   

Oct 02   On this day in history former VP John C Breckinridge flees Kentucky   

Oct 04   On this day in history frederic Remington, US, artist/sculptor of American West   

Oct 06   Elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84 in the year 1861.   

Oct 06   On this day in history naval Engagement at Charleston, SC USS Flag vs BR Alert   

Oct 08   In the year 1861 theodore Roberts, SF CA, actor (Roaring Road, 10 Commandments)   

Oct 10   In the year 1861 fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer/humanitarian (Nobel 1922)   

Oct 11   Battle of Dumfries, VA (Quantico Creek) on this day in history.   

Oct 12   On this day in history confederate ironclad Manassas attack Union's Richmond on Mississippi   

Oct 12   In the year 1861 confederate ironclad Manassas attacks Union's Richmond on Mississippi   

Oct 14   Bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer in the year 1861.   

Oct 16   Confederacy starts selling postage stamps on this day in history.   

Oct 16   In the year 1861 confedercy starts selling postage stamps   

Oct 21   Battle of Balls Bluff, VA (Leesburg, Harrison's Island) on this day in history.   

Oct 21   Edward Dickinson Baker, US attorney/senator, dies in battle at 50 in the year 1861.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1861 birth of william Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904)   

Jan 06   In the year 1861 birth of heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer   

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

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

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 in the year 1861.   

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