Page 9: Historical Events In 1861

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

Jun 24   In the year 1861 battle of Mathias Point, VA-US attacks Confederate batteries   

Jun 24   Tennessee becomes 11th (&last) state to secede from US in the year 1861.   

Jun 25   On this day in history western Virginia campaign   

Jun 28   Leipzig Observatory discovers short-period (6.2 yrs) Comet d'Arrest on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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   Colonal Jackson receives his commission as brigadier general on this day in history.   

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

Jul 05   Battle of Carthage, MO on this day in history.   

Jul 05   On this day in history engagement at Carthage, Missouri   

Jul 07   Battle of Laurel Hill, VA on this day in history.   

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

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   In the year 1861 anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer   

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

Jul 17   On this day in history congress authorizes paper money   

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

Jul 20   On this day in history 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   Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12) was born in the year 1861.   

Jan 03   William Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1861.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 18   In the year 1861 birth of hans Goldschmidt, German chemist   

Jan 18   Raymond Huntington Woodman, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Jan 17   In the year 1861 death of lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)   

Jan 31   Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 in the year 1861.   

Feb 10   Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies in the year 1861.   

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   On this day in history josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67   

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