Page 9: Historical Events In 1861

Jun 20   Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 24   Battle of Mathias Point, VA-US attacks Confederate batteries in the year 1861.   

Jun 24   Tennessee becomes 11th (&last) state to secede from US on this day in history.   

Jun 25   On this day in history western Virginia campaign   

Jun 28   On this day in history leipzig Observatory discovers short-period (6.2 yrs) Comet d'Arrest   

Jun 29   In the year 1861 elizabeth Barrett-Browning, writer, dies at 55   

Jun 29   William James Mayo, surgeon/co-founder Mayo clinic in Minnesota in the year 1861.   

Jun 30   CSS Sumter slips past USS Brooklyn blockade on this day in history.   

Jul 01   1st public schoolhouse opens at Washington & Mason St, SF on this day in history.   

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

Jul 01   In the year 1861 samuel D Riddle, horse owner (Man 'o War)   

Jul 02   In the year 1861 battle of Hoke's Run, WV   

Jul 02   Peter A de Genestet, vicar/poet, dies at 31 in the year 1861.   

Jul 03   On this day in history colonal Jackson receives his commission as brigadier general   

Jul 03   On this day in history peter Jackson, heavyweight boxer (hall of famer)   

Jul 03   In the year 1861 pony Express arrives in SF with overland letters from NY   

Jul 04   In a special session of 27th Congress Lincoln requests 400,000 troops in the year 1861.   

Jul 05   In the year 1861 battle of Carthage, MO   

Jul 05   In the year 1861 engagement at Carthage, Missouri   

Jul 07   In the year 1861 battle of Laurel Hill, VA   

Jul 07   In the year 1861 john Willis Ellis, US governor of NC (1858-61), dies   

Jul 08   CS Gen Sibley is given command of rebel troops in NM territory on this day in history.   

Jul 10   Lincoln writes to Kentucky's militia & says Union troops will not enter that state on this day in history.   

Jul 11   Anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer in the year 1861.   

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

Jul 12   On this day in history anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer   

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

Jul 13   Robert Selden Garnett, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 41 in the year 1861.   

Jul 14   Gen McDowell advances toward Fairfax Courthouse, VA with 40,000 troops in the year 1861.   

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   Battle of Blackburn's Ford, VA US57 CS68 in the year 1861.   

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

Jul 21   On this day in history 1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins   

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 13   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of raymond Huntington Woodman, composer   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 31   In the year 1861 franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53   

Feb 10   On this day in history francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies   

Feb 12   Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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.