Page 9: Historical Events In 1861

Jun 20   Arthur Battelle Whiting, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 24   Battle of Mathias Point, VA-US attacks Confederate batteries in the year 1861.   

Jun 24   On this day in history tennessee becomes 11th (&last) state to secede from US   

Jun 25   Western Virginia campaign on this day in history.   

Jun 28   Leipzig Observatory discovers short-period (6.2 yrs) Comet d'Arrest on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1861 cSS Sumter slips past USS Brooklyn blockade   

Jul 01   On this day in history 1st public schoolhouse opens at Washington & Mason St, SF   

Jul 01   First public schoolhouse opens at Washington & Mason St, SF on this day in history.   

Jul 01   Samuel D Riddle, horse owner (Man 'o War) in the year 1861.   

Jul 02   In the year 1861 battle of Hoke's Run, WV   

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

Jul 03   Colonal Jackson receives his commission as brigadier general in the year 1861.   

Jul 03   In the year 1861 peter Jackson, heavyweight boxer (hall of famer)   

Jul 03   Pony Express arrives in SF with overland letters from NY on this day in history.   

Jul 04   In the year 1861 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 in the year 1861.   

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

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

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

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   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   In the year 1861 battle of Corrick's Ford, VA (Carrick's Ford)   

Jul 13   On this day in history robert Selden Garnett, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 41   

Jul 14   In the year 1861 gen McDowell advances toward Fairfax Courthouse, VA with 40,000 troops   

Jul 16   In the year 1861 battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought   

Jul 17   Congress authorizes paper money on this day in history.   

Jul 18   Battle of Blackburn's Ford, VA US57 CS68 in the year 1861.   

Jul 20   Confederate state's congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Va on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   William Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904) was born in the year 1861.   

Jan 06   Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   George Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940) was born in the year 1861.   

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)   

Jan 14   In the year 1861 birth of wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf)   

Jan 18   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 17   On this day in history death of lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)   

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   In the year 1861 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   On this day in history josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67   

Mar 14   On this day in history abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58