Page 6: Historical Events In 1861

Apr 18   On this day in history col Robert E Lee turns down offer to command Union armies   

Apr 18   Heinrich August Neithardt, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1861.   

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   President Lincoln orders blockade of Southern ports from SC to Texas in the year 1861.   

Apr 19   Warden Oncle, [Edward Vermeulen], Flemish farmer/writer on this day in history.   

Apr 20   In the year 1861 battle of Norfolk, VA   

Apr 20   Robert E Lee resigns from Union army in the year 1861.   

Apr 21   USS Saratoga captures slaver, Nightingale on this day in history.   

Apr 22   Robert E Lee named commander of Virginia Confederate forces in the year 1861.   

Apr 22   Robert E Lee named commander of Virginia forces in the year 1861.   

Apr 23   Arkansas troops seize Fort Smith on this day in history.   

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

Apr 23   Edmund Henry Hynman, 1st viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Fieldmarshal on this day in history.   

Apr 25   7th NY arrives to reinforce Washington, DC in the year 1861.   

Apr 26   On this day in history g Schiaparelli discovers asteroid #69 Hesperia   

Apr 27   Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer in the year 1861.   

Apr 27   President Abe Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus on this day in history.   

Apr 27   On this day in history 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   West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from US in the year 1861.   

Apr 29   Asteroid 68-Leto & Asteroid 69-Hesperia discovered on this day in history.   

Apr 29   Maryland's House of Delegates vote against seceding from Union on this day in history.   

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

Apr 29   In the year 1861 r Luther discovers asteroid #68 Leto   

Apr 30   President Lincoln ordered Federal Troops to evacuate Indian Territory on this day in history.   

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

May 03   On this day in history anthony Philip Heinrich, composer, dies at 80   

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

May 03   General Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan in the year 1861.   

May 03   Lincoln asks for 42,000 Army Volunteers &another 18,000 seamen in the year 1861.   

May 04   At Gretna LA, one of 1st guns of Rebel navy is cast on this day in history.   

May 04   In the year 1861 at Gretna LA, one of first guns of Rebel navy is cast   

May 05   In the year 1861 alexandria VA - CS troops abandon city   

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Jan 02   Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of william Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904)   

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 in the year 1861.   

Jan 13   In the year 1861 birth of max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)   

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   On this day in history birth of raymond Huntington Woodman, composer   

Jan 02   On this day in history frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65   

Jan 17   Lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821) died in the year 1861.   

Jan 31   In the year 1861 franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53   

Feb 10   Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies in the year 1861.   

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