Page 9: Historical Events In 1861

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

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

Jun 29   In the year 1861 william James Mayo, surgeon/co-founder Mayo clinic in Minnesota   

Jun 30   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jul 01   In the year 1861 samuel D Riddle, horse owner (Man 'o War)   

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

Jul 02   Peter A de Genestet, vicar/poet, dies at 31 in the year 1861.   

Jul 03   In the year 1861 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 on this day in history.   

Jul 05   On this day in history battle of Carthage, MO   

Jul 05   On this day in history engagement at Carthage, Missouri   

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

Jul 07   John Willis Ellis, US governor of NC (1858-61), dies on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1861.   

Jul 11   In the year 1861 anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer   

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

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

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   In the year 1861 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   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   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 in the year 1861.   

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

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 in the year 1861.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 18   In the year 1861 birth of raymond Huntington Woodman, composer   

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

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

Jan 31   Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 in the year 1861.   

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