Page 9: Historical Events In 1861

Jun 20   On this day in history 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   In the year 1861 leipzig Observatory discovers short-period (6.2 yrs) Comet d'Arrest   

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   CSS Sumter slips past USS Brooklyn blockade on this day in history.   

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   Battle of Hoke's Run, WV in the year 1861.   

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

Jul 03   On this day in history colonal Jackson receives his commission as brigadier general   

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 in the year 1861.   

Jul 04   In a special session of 27th Congress Lincoln requests 400,000 troops in the year 1861.   

Jul 05   In the year 1861 battle of Carthage, MO   

Jul 05   Engagement at Carthage, Missouri in the year 1861.   

Jul 07   In the year 1861 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 on this day in history.   

Jul 10   Lincoln writes to Kentucky's militia & says Union troops will not enter that state in the year 1861.   

Jul 11   On this day in history anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer   

Jul 11   On this day in history battle of Laurel Mountain VA-Gen Morris forces retreat of rebels   

Jul 12   In the year 1861 anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer   

Jul 13   Battle of Corrick's Ford, VA (Carrick's Ford) in the year 1861.   

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

Jul 14   On this day in history gen McDowell advances toward Fairfax Courthouse, VA with 40,000 troops   

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

Jul 17   On this day in history congress authorizes paper money   

Jul 18   Battle of Blackburn's Ford, VA US57 CS68 on this day in history.   

Jul 20   In the year 1861 confederate state's congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Va   

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   On this day in history birth of heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 18   In the year 1861 birth of hans Goldschmidt, German chemist   

Jan 18   Raymond Huntington Woodman, composer was born in the year 1861.   

Jan 02   In the year 1861 frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65   

Jan 17   In the year 1861 death of lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)   

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   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 in the year 1861.   

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

Mar 14   Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1861.