Page 9: Historical Events In 1861

Jun 20   In the year 1861 arthur Battelle Whiting, composer   

Jun 24   On this day in history battle of Mathias Point, VA-US attacks Confederate batteries   

Jun 24   In the year 1861 tennessee becomes 11th (&last) state to secede from US   

Jun 25   Western Virginia campaign in the year 1861.   

Jun 28   In the year 1861 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   William James Mayo, surgeon/co-founder Mayo clinic in Minnesota in the year 1861.   

Jun 30   On this day in history cSS Sumter slips past USS Brooklyn blockade   

Jul 01   In the year 1861 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) in the year 1861.   

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

Jul 03   Peter Jackson, heavyweight boxer (hall of famer) in the year 1861.   

Jul 03   Pony Express arrives in SF with overland letters from NY in the year 1861.   

Jul 04   In a special session of 27th Congress Lincoln requests 400,000 troops in the year 1861.   

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

Jul 05   In the year 1861 engagement at Carthage, Missouri   

Jul 07   Battle of Laurel Hill, VA in the year 1861.   

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 in the year 1861.   

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

Jul 11   On this day in history anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer   

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

Jul 12   On this day in history anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer   

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

Jul 13   In the year 1861 robert Selden Garnett, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 41   

Jul 14   On this day in history 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   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   Confederate state's congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Va in the year 1861.   

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   On this day in history birth of helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12)   

Jan 03   In the year 1861 birth of william Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904)   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1861.   

Jan 31   On this day in history franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53   

Feb 10   Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies on this day in history.   

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   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