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 in the year 1861.   

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   On this day in history william James Mayo, surgeon/co-founder Mayo clinic in Minnesota   

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

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   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   Peter A de Genestet, vicar/poet, dies at 31 in the year 1861.   

Jul 03   In the year 1861 colonal Jackson receives his commission as brigadier general   

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   Engagement at Carthage, Missouri in the year 1861.   

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

Jul 07   John Willis Ellis, US governor of NC (1858-61), dies in the year 1861.   

Jul 08   CS Gen Sibley is given command of rebel troops in NM territory in the year 1861.   

Jul 10   On this day in history 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   In the year 1861 battle of Laurel Mountain VA-Gen Morris forces retreat of rebels   

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

Jul 13   On this day in history battle of Corrick's Ford, VA (Carrick's Ford)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 17   Congress authorizes paper money in the year 1861.   

Jul 18   In the year 1861 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   On this day in history birth of helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12)   

Jan 03   William Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 13   Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959) was born in the year 1861.   

Jan 14   Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf) was born in the year 1861.   

Jan 18   In the year 1861 birth of hans Goldschmidt, German chemist   

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

Jan 02   Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65 in the year 1861.   

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

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   Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Mar 10   Josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Mar 14   Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.