Page 9: Historical Events In 1861

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

Jun 24   On this day in history 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   Western Virginia campaign on this day in history.   

Jun 28   Leipzig Observatory discovers short-period (6.2 yrs) Comet d'Arrest in the year 1861.   

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 in the year 1861.   

Jun 30   CSS Sumter slips past USS Brooklyn blockade in the year 1861.   

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

Jul 01   On this day in history first public schoolhouse opens at Washington & Mason St, SF   

Jul 01   In the year 1861 samuel D Riddle, horse owner (Man 'o War)   

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   In the year 1861 colonal Jackson receives his commission as brigadier general   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 05   On this day in history battle of Carthage, MO   

Jul 05   On this day in history 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   CS Gen Sibley is given command of rebel troops in NM territory on this day in history.   

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

Jul 11   Anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 11   Battle of Laurel Mountain VA-Gen Morris forces retreat of rebels in the year 1861.   

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

Jul 13   Battle of Corrick's Ford, VA (Carrick's Ford) in the year 1861.   

Jul 13   On this day in history robert Selden Garnett, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 41   

Jul 14   In the year 1861 gen McDowell advances toward Fairfax Courthouse, VA with 40,000 troops   

Jul 16   On this day in history battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought   

Jul 17   Congress authorizes paper money on this day in history.   

Jul 18   In the year 1861 battle of Blackburn's Ford, VA US57 CS68   

Jul 20   Confederate state's congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Va on this day in history.   

Jul 21   1st major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins on this day in history.   

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of george Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940)   

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   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 in the year 1861.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 10   On this day in history francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies   

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   On this day in history abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58