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

Jun 25   Western Virginia campaign in the year 1861.   

Jun 28   On this day in history 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   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   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 in the year 1861.   

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   Peter Jackson, heavyweight boxer (hall of famer) in the year 1861.   

Jul 03   Pony Express arrives in SF with overland letters from NY in the year 1861.   

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

Jul 05   In the year 1861 battle of Carthage, MO   

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

Jul 07   Battle of Laurel Hill, VA on this day in history.   

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 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   Anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 11   Battle of Laurel Mountain VA-Gen Morris forces retreat of rebels in the year 1861.   

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   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 in the year 1861.   

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

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   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   In the year 1861 birth of william Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904)   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer   

Jan 06   George Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940) was born on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 31   Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 12   Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Feb 18   Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Mar 10   Josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1861.   

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