Page 9: Historical Events In 1861

Jun 20   In the year 1861 arthur Battelle Whiting, composer   

Jun 24   Battle of Mathias Point, VA-US attacks Confederate batteries on this day in history.   

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

Jun 25   Western Virginia campaign on this day in history.   

Jun 28   On this day in history leipzig Observatory discovers short-period (6.2 yrs) Comet d'Arrest   

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   In the year 1861 first public schoolhouse opens at Washington & Mason St, SF   

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

Jul 02   Battle of Hoke's Run, WV in the year 1861.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 08   In the year 1861 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   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 in the year 1861.   

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 in the year 1861.   

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   In the year 1861 congress authorizes paper money   

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

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   

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Jan 02   In the year 1861 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   Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer was born in the year 1861.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821) died on this day in history.   

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

Feb 10   In the year 1861 francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies   

Feb 12   Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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