Page 6: Historical Events In 1861

Apr 18   Col Robert E Lee turns down offer to command Union armies in the year 1861.   

Apr 18   On this day in history heinrich August Neithardt, composer, dies at 67   

Apr 19   Baltimore riots-4 soldiers, 9 civilians killed in the year 1861.   

Apr 19   In the year 1861 lincoln orders blockade of Confederate ports (Civil War)   

Apr 19   In the year 1861 president Lincoln orders blockade of Southern ports from SC to Texas   

Apr 19   On this day in history warden Oncle, [Edward Vermeulen], Flemish farmer/writer   

Apr 20   In the year 1861 battle of Norfolk, VA   

Apr 20   In the year 1861 robert E Lee resigns from Union army   

Apr 21   On this day in history uSS Saratoga captures slaver, Nightingale.   

Apr 22   Robert E Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces on this day in history.   

Apr 22   Robert E Lee named commander of Virginia forces on this day in history.   

Apr 23   On this day in history arkansas troops seize Fort Smith   

Apr 23   On this day in history arkansas troops seize Ft Smith   

Apr 23   In the year 1861 edmund Henry Hynman, 1st viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Fieldmarshal   

Apr 25   On this day in history 7th NY arrives to reinforce Washington, DC   

Apr 26   G Schiaparelli discovers asteroid #69 Hesperia in the year 1861.   

Apr 27   In the year 1861 georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer   

Apr 27   President Abe Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus in the year 1861.   

Apr 27   In the year 1861 president Abe Lincoln suspends writ of habeas corpus   

Apr 27   On this day in history president Lincoln extended blockade of Confederacy to VA and NC ports   

Apr 27   In the year 1861 west Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from US   

Apr 29   On this day in history asteroid 68-Leto & Asteroid 69-Hesperia discovered   

Apr 29   In the year 1861 maryland's House of Delegates vote against seceding from Union   

Apr 29   Maryland's House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union in the year 1861.   

Apr 29   R Luther discovers asteroid #68 Leto on this day in history.   

Apr 30   In the year 1861 president Lincoln ordered Federal Troops to evacuate Indian Territory   

May 01   Lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harper's Ferry in the year 1861.   

May 03   Anthony Philip Heinrich, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

May 03   In the year 1861 gen Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan   

May 03   General Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan on this day in history.   

May 03   Lincoln asks for 42,000 Army Volunteers &another 18,000 seamen on this day in history.   

May 04   On this day in history at Gretna LA, one of 1st guns of Rebel navy is cast   

May 04   At Gretna LA, one of first guns of Rebel navy is cast on this day in history.   

May 05   Alexandria VA - CS troops abandon city in the year 1861.   

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Jan 02   Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12) was born in the year 1861.   

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   In the year 1861 birth of george Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940)   

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   Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist was born in the year 1861.   

Jan 18   On this day in history 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 in the year 1861.   

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

Feb 12   In the year 1861 hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72   

Feb 18   In the year 1861 louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74   

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

Mar 14   In the year 1861 abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58