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   On this day in history western Virginia campaign   

Jun 28   On this day in history leipzig Observatory discovers short-period (6.2 yrs) Comet d'Arrest   

Jun 29   Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, writer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

Jun 29   On this day in history william James Mayo, surgeon/co-founder Mayo clinic in Minnesota   

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   In the year 1861 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   On this day in history battle of Hoke's Run, WV   

Jul 02   In the year 1861 peter A de Genestet, vicar/poet, dies at 31   

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

Jul 03   On this day in history peter Jackson, heavyweight boxer (hall of famer)   

Jul 03   In the year 1861 pony Express arrives in SF with overland letters from NY   

Jul 04   On this day in history in a special session of 27th Congress Lincoln requests 400,000 troops   

Jul 05   Battle of Carthage, MO on this day in history.   

Jul 05   Engagement at Carthage, Missouri on this day in history.   

Jul 07   On this day in history battle of Laurel Hill, VA   

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   Lincoln writes to Kentucky's militia & says Union troops will not enter that state on this day in history.   

Jul 11   In the year 1861 anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer   

Jul 11   Battle of Laurel Mountain VA-Gen Morris forces retreat of rebels on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jul 14   Gen McDowell advances toward Fairfax Courthouse, VA with 40,000 troops on this day in history.   

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

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Jan 02   In the year 1861 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   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   In the year 1861 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   On this day in history birth of hans Goldschmidt, German chemist   

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

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   In the year 1861 josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67   

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