Historical Events In 1861

Jan 01   Porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City in the year 1861.   

Jan 01   President Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful in the year 1861.   

Jan 02   In the year 1861 colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia   

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

Jan 02   Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12) on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history sC seizes inactive Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor   

Jan 02   SC seizes inactive Ft Johnson in Charleston Harbor on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1861 delaware legislature rejects proposal to join Confederacy   

Jan 03   US Fort Pulaski &Fort Jackson, Savannah, seized by Georgia on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history pres Buchanan appoints a fast on account of threatened succession   

Jan 04   On this day in history president Buchanan appoints a fast on account of threatened succession   

Jan 04   US Fort Morgan, Mobile, seized by Alabama in the year 1861.   

Jan 05   In the year 1861 250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Fort Sumter   

Jan 05   250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Ft Sumter in the year 1861.   

Jan 05   In the year 1861 alabama troops seize Forts Morgan & Gaines at Mobile Bay   

Jan 06   On this day in history florida troops seize Federal arsenal at Apalachicola   

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

Jan 06   New York City NY mayor proposes New York become a free city, trading with N &S on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Florida troops takeover Fort Marion at St Augustine on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history florida troops takeover Ft Marion at St Augustine   

Jan 09   In the year 1861 1st hostile act of Civil War; Star of West fired on, Sumter, SC   

Jan 09   Mississippi becomes 2nd state to secede in the year 1861.   

Jan 09   The first hostile act of Civil War; Star of the West fired on, Sumter SC on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Colonel Moody names Lulu Island (near Vancouver) for Lulu Sweet, an American actress appearing in theatrical performances for the Royal Engineers in the year 1861.   

Jan 10   On this day in history florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US   

Jan 10   On this day in history fort Jackson & Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops   

Jan 10   In the year 1861 uS forts & property seized by Mississippi   

Jan 11   On this day in history alabama becomes 4th state to secede   

Jan 11   Alabama secedes from the Union at the start of the U.S. Civil War in the year 1861.   

Jan 11   Mexico City captured by Juárez (Liberal) in War of the Reform in the year 1861.   

Jan 12   FL state troops demand surrender of Fort Pickens in the year 1861.   

Jan 12   FL state troops demand surrender of Ft Pickens in the year 1861.   

Jan 14   In the year 1861 fort Pikens FL falls into state hands   

Jan 14   Ft Pikens, FL falls into state hands on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history 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   In the year 1861 birth of heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1861 frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65   

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

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

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   On this day in history louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74   

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.