Page 9: Historical Events In 1861

Jun 20   On this day in history arthur Battelle Whiting, composer   

Jun 24   Battle of Mathias Point, VA-US attacks Confederate batteries on this day in history.   

Jun 24   On this day in history tennessee becomes 11th (&last) state to secede from US   

Jun 25   Western Virginia campaign in the year 1861.   

Jun 28   In the year 1861 leipzig Observatory discovers short-period (6.2 yrs) Comet d'Arrest   

Jun 29   Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, writer, dies at 55 in the year 1861.   

Jun 29   William James Mayo, surgeon/co-founder Mayo clinic in Minnesota on this day in history.   

Jun 30   In the year 1861 cSS Sumter slips past USS Brooklyn blockade   

Jul 01   In the year 1861 1st public schoolhouse opens at Washington & Mason St, SF   

Jul 01   On this day in history first public schoolhouse opens at Washington & Mason St, SF   

Jul 01   On this day in history samuel D Riddle, horse owner (Man 'o War)   

Jul 02   Battle of Hoke's Run, WV in the year 1861.   

Jul 02   On this day in history peter A de Genestet, vicar/poet, dies at 31   

Jul 03   In the year 1861 colonal Jackson receives his commission as brigadier general   

Jul 03   Peter Jackson, heavyweight boxer (hall of famer) in the year 1861.   

Jul 03   Pony Express arrives in SF with overland letters from NY in the year 1861.   

Jul 04   On this day in history in a special session of 27th Congress Lincoln requests 400,000 troops   

Jul 05   Battle of Carthage, MO in the year 1861.   

Jul 05   In the year 1861 engagement at Carthage, Missouri   

Jul 07   Battle of Laurel Hill, VA in the year 1861.   

Jul 07   John Willis Ellis, US governor of NC (1858-61), dies on this day in history.   

Jul 08   On this day in history cS Gen Sibley is given command of rebel troops in NM territory   

Jul 10   In the year 1861 lincoln writes to Kentucky's militia & says Union troops will not enter that state   

Jul 11   On this day in history anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer   

Jul 11   Battle of Laurel Mountain VA-Gen Morris forces retreat of rebels on this day in history.   

Jul 12   Anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer in the year 1861.   

Jul 13   In the year 1861 battle of Corrick's Ford, VA (Carrick's Ford)   

Jul 13   On this day in history robert Selden Garnett, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 41   

Jul 14   Gen McDowell advances toward Fairfax Courthouse, VA with 40,000 troops on this day in history.   

Jul 16   Battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought in the year 1861.   

Jul 17   Congress authorizes paper money on this day in history.   

Jul 18   On this day in history battle of Blackburn's Ford, VA US57 CS68   

Jul 20   In the year 1861 confederate state's congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Va   

Jul 21   In the year 1861 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 18   In the year 1861 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   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   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   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.