Historical Events In 1861

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

Aug 29   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Sep 06   General Grant occupies Paducah Kentucky in the year 1861.  

Sep 09   Sally Tompkins is only Confederate Army female commissioned officer in the year 1861.  

Sep 10   -15] Battle at Cheat Mountain, Elkwater West Virginia in the year 1861.  

Sep 11   On this day in history juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio)  

Sep 13   1st naval battle of Civil War, Union frigate "Colorado" sinks privateer "Judah" off Pensacola, Fla on this day in history.  

Sep 14   On this day in history fortunato Santini, composer, dies at 83  

Sep 16   Battle of Princeton WV on this day in history.  

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

Sep 17   On this day in history 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   On this day in history edmond H H Allenby, English fieldmarshal/high director (Egypt)  

Sep 25   In the year 1861 secretary of US Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves  

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

Sep 28   Pedro De Cordoba, NYC, actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur) on this day in history.  

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

Oct 04   Frederic Remington, US, artist/sculptor of American West in the year 1861.  

Oct 06   In the year 1861 elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84  

Oct 06   Naval Engagement at Charleston, SC USS Flag vs BR Alert on this day in history.  

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

Oct 10   On this day in history fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer/humanitarian (Nobel 1922)  

Oct 11   In the year 1861 battle of Dumfries, VA (Quantico Creek)  

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

Oct 12   On this day in history 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   On this day in history battle of Balls Bluff, VA (Leesburg, Harrison's Island)  

Oct 21   On this day in history edward Dickinson Baker, US attorney/senator, dies in battle at 50  

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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   Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer was born in the year 1861.  

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   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   On this day in history 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   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   Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

Mar 10   Josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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