Page 9: Historical Events In 1861

Jun 20   Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer in the year 1861.   

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   In the year 1861 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 01   On this day in history 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   On this day in history colonal Jackson receives his commission as brigadier general   

Jul 03   Peter Jackson, heavyweight boxer (hall of famer) on this day in history.   

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

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

Jul 05   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1861 battle of Laurel Mountain VA-Gen Morris forces retreat of rebels   

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   In the year 1861 robert Selden Garnett, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 41   

Jul 14   On this day in history gen McDowell advances toward Fairfax Courthouse, VA with 40,000 troops   

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 in the year 1861.   

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

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

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

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Jan 02   Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   In the year 1861 birth of hans Goldschmidt, German chemist   

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

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 in the year 1861.   

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

Mar 14   In the year 1861 abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58