Historical Events In 1861

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

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

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

Jun 29   On this day in history 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 in the year 1861.   

Jul 01   In the year 1861 1st public schoolhouse opens at Washington & Mason St, SF   

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   On this day in history battle of Hoke's Run, WV   

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

Jul 03   Colonal Jackson receives his commission as brigadier general in the year 1861.   

Jul 03   In the year 1861 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   Battle of Carthage, MO on this day in history.   

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   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   On this day in history battle of Laurel Mountain VA-Gen Morris forces retreat of rebels   

Jul 12   Anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer in the year 1861.   

Jul 13   Battle of Corrick's Ford, VA (Carrick's Ford) on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1861 battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought   

Jul 17   In the year 1861 congress authorizes paper money   

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

Jul 20   In the year 1861 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   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Next Page »

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   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   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 in the year 1861.   

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

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

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

Mar 14   Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1861.