Historical Events In 1861

Jun 20   In the year 1861 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   In the year 1861 western Virginia campaign  

Jun 28   Leipzig Observatory discovers short-period (6.2 yrs) Comet d'Arrest in the year 1861.  

Jun 29   On this day in history 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   In the year 1861 cSS Sumter slips past USS Brooklyn blockade  

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

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

Jul 01   Samuel D Riddle, horse owner (Man 'o War) in the year 1861.  

Jul 02   Battle of Hoke's Run, WV on this day in history.  

Jul 02   Peter A de Genestet, vicar/poet, dies at 31 on this day in history.  

Jul 03   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 05   On this day in history battle of Carthage, MO  

Jul 05   In the year 1861 engagement at Carthage, Missouri  

Jul 07   On this day in history battle of Laurel Hill, VA  

Jul 07   John Willis Ellis, US governor of NC (1858-61), dies in the year 1861.  

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

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

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

Jul 11   Battle of Laurel Mountain VA-Gen Morris forces retreat of rebels in the year 1861.  

Jul 12   Anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1861.  

Jul 16   Battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought on this day in history.  

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

Jul 18   Battle of Blackburn's Ford, VA US57 CS68 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 06   In the year 1861 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   Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 14   Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of hans Goldschmidt, German chemist  

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   On this day in history franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53  

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

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

Feb 18   In the year 1861 louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74  

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

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