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 on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Colonel Charles Stone is put in charge of organizing DC militia in the year 1861.   

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

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

Jan 02   In the year 1861 sC seizes inactive Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor   

Jan 02   SC seizes inactive Ft Johnson in Charleston Harbor in the year 1861.   

Jan 03   Delaware legislature rejects proposal to join Confederacy on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1861 uS Fort Pulaski &Fort Jackson, Savannah, seized by Georgia   

Jan 04   In the year 1861 pres Buchanan appoints a fast on account of threatened succession   

Jan 04   President Buchanan appoints a fast on account of threatened succession in the year 1861.   

Jan 04   US Fort Morgan, Mobile, seized by Alabama on this day in history.   

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

Jan 05   250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Ft Sumter on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   On this day in history florida troops takeover Fort Marion at St Augustine   

Jan 07   Florida troops takeover Ft Marion at St Augustine in the year 1861.   

Jan 09   On this day in history 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 in the year 1861.   

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

Jan 10   Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Fort Jackson & Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops in the year 1861.   

Jan 10   US forts & property seized by Mississippi in the year 1861.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 12   In the year 1861 fL state troops demand surrender of Fort Pickens   

Jan 12   In the year 1861 fL state troops demand surrender of Ft Pickens   

Jan 14   On this day in history fort Pikens FL falls into state hands   

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

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer was born in the year 1861.   

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   Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist was born in the year 1861.   

Jan 18   Raymond Huntington Woodman, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72   

Feb 18   In the year 1861 louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74   

Mar 10   In the year 1861 josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67   

Mar 14   In the year 1861 abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58