Page 9: Historical Events In 1861

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

Jun 24   On this day in history battle of Mathias Point, VA-US attacks Confederate batteries   

Jun 24   In the year 1861 tennessee becomes 11th (&last) state to secede from US   

Jun 25   Western Virginia campaign in the year 1861.   

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   In the year 1861 william James Mayo, surgeon/co-founder Mayo clinic in Minnesota   

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 in the year 1861.   

Jul 01   First public schoolhouse opens at Washington & Mason St, SF in the year 1861.   

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

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

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

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

Jul 03   In the year 1861 peter Jackson, heavyweight boxer (hall of famer)   

Jul 03   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1861 john Willis Ellis, US governor of NC (1858-61), dies   

Jul 08   In the year 1861 cS Gen Sibley is given command of rebel troops in NM territory   

Jul 10   On this day in history 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   Battle of Corrick's Ford, VA (Carrick's Ford) in the year 1861.   

Jul 13   In the year 1861 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   On this day in history battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought   

Jul 17   Congress authorizes paper money in the year 1861.   

Jul 18   Battle of Blackburn's Ford, VA US57 CS68 in the year 1861.   

Jul 20   Confederate state's congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Va on this day in history.   

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

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1861 birth of george Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940)   

Jan 13   Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959) was born in the year 1861.   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf)   

Jan 18   Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist was born in the year 1861.   

Jan 18   Raymond Huntington Woodman, composer was born in the year 1861.   

Jan 02   In the year 1861 frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65   

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

Feb 12   Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1861.   

Feb 18   On this day in history louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74   

Mar 10   In the year 1861 josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67   

Mar 14   On this day in history abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58