Page 9: Historical Events In 1861

Jun 20   On this day in history arthur Battelle Whiting, composer   

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 in the year 1861.   

Jun 25   Western Virginia campaign on this day in history.   

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   William James Mayo, surgeon/co-founder Mayo clinic in Minnesota on this day in history.   

Jun 30   In the year 1861 cSS Sumter slips past USS Brooklyn blockade   

Jul 01   1st public schoolhouse opens at Washington & Mason St, SF in the year 1861.   

Jul 01   On this day in history first public schoolhouse opens at Washington & Mason St, SF   

Jul 01   Samuel D Riddle, horse owner (Man 'o War) on this day in history.   

Jul 02   On this day in history battle of Hoke's Run, WV   

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

Jul 03   Colonal Jackson receives his commission as brigadier general on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 05   Battle of Carthage, MO in the year 1861.   

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

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

Jul 07   John Willis Ellis, US governor of NC (1858-61), dies in the year 1861.   

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   Anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer in the year 1861.   

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   Battle of Corrick's Ford, VA (Carrick's Ford) on this day in history.   

Jul 13   Robert Selden Garnett, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 41 in the year 1861.   

Jul 14   Gen McDowell advances toward Fairfax Courthouse, VA with 40,000 troops in the year 1861.   

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

Jul 17   Congress authorizes paper money in the year 1861.   

Jul 18   On this day in history battle of Blackburn's Ford, VA US57 CS68   

Jul 20   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1861 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   In the year 1861 birth of max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)   

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

Jan 02   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 12   Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1861.   

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   On this day in history abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58