Historical Events In 1861

Aug 28   On this day in history battle of Fort Hatteras NC   

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

Aug 29   Franz Joseph Glaser, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Sep 01   Grant assumes command of Federal forces at Cape Girardeau MI on this day in history.   

Sep 03   On this day in history confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality   

Sep 06   On this day in history general Grant occupies Paducah Kentucky   

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

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

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   On this day in history fortunato Santini, composer, dies at 83   

Sep 16   Battle of Princeton WV in the year 1861.   

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

Sep 17   In the year 1861 owen Seaman, poet/editor (Punch)   

Sep 20   On this day in history battle of Lexington, MI-captured by Union   

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

Sep 23   Edmond H H Allenby, English fieldmarshal/high director (Egypt) on this day in history.   

Sep 25   Secretary of US Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves in the year 1861.   

Sep 26   On this day in history 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   Former VP John C Breckinridge flees Kentucky on this day in history.   

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   Naval Engagement at Charleston, SC USS Flag vs BR Alert in the year 1861.   

Oct 08   Theodore Roberts, SF CA, actor (Roaring Road, 10 Commandments) on this day in history.   

Oct 10   Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer/humanitarian (Nobel 1922) in the year 1861.   

Oct 11   Battle of Dumfries, VA (Quantico Creek) in the year 1861.   

Oct 12   Confederate ironclad Manassas attack Union's Richmond on Mississippi in the year 1861.   

Oct 12   Confederate ironclad Manassas attacks Union's Richmond on Mississippi in the year 1861.   

Oct 14   In the year 1861 bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer   

Oct 16   On this day in history confederacy starts selling postage stamps   

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

Oct 21   Battle of Balls Bluff, VA (Leesburg, Harrison's Island) in the year 1861.   

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

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of william Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904)   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer   

Jan 06   George Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940) was born in the year 1861.   

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   In the year 1861 birth of hans Goldschmidt, German chemist   

Jan 18   In the year 1861 birth of raymond Huntington Woodman, composer   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 in the year 1861.   

Feb 10   Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies in the year 1861.   

Feb 12   In the year 1861 hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72   

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 in the year 1861.   

Mar 14   Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.