Historical Events In 1861

Jun 20   In the year 1861 arthur Battelle Whiting, composer   

Jun 24   On this day in history battle of Mathias Point, VA-US attacks Confederate batteries   

Jun 24   Tennessee becomes 11th (&last) state to secede from US on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1861 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   In the year 1861 1st public schoolhouse opens at Washington & Mason St, SF   

Jul 01   First public schoolhouse opens at Washington & Mason St, SF in the year 1861.   

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

Jul 02   On this day in history battle of Hoke's Run, WV   

Jul 02   On this day in history 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   In a special session of 27th Congress Lincoln requests 400,000 troops on this day in history.   

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

Jul 05   In the year 1861 engagement at Carthage, Missouri   

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

Jul 07   On this day in history 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   On this day in history lincoln writes to Kentucky's militia & says Union troops will not enter that state   

Jul 11   Anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer on this day in history.   

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

Jul 12   Anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer on this day in history.   

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   Gen McDowell advances toward Fairfax Courthouse, VA with 40,000 troops in the year 1861.   

Jul 16   On this day in history battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought   

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   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 in the year 1861.   

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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   In the year 1861 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   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   In the year 1861 birth of raymond Huntington Woodman, composer   

Jan 02   In the year 1861 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   Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74 in the year 1861.   

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

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