Page 9: Historical Events In 1861

Jun 20   In the year 1861 arthur Battelle Whiting, composer   

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 on this day in history.   

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   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   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   Samuel D Riddle, horse owner (Man 'o War) on this day in history.   

Jul 02   On this day in history battle of Hoke's Run, WV   

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

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

Jul 08   On this day in history cS Gen Sibley is given command of rebel troops in NM territory   

Jul 10   Lincoln writes to Kentucky's militia & says Union troops will not enter that state in the year 1861.   

Jul 11   In the year 1861 anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer   

Jul 11   In the year 1861 battle of Laurel Mountain VA-Gen Morris forces retreat of rebels   

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

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

Jul 13   Robert Selden Garnett, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jul 21   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of william Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904)   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   In the year 1861 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   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   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   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