1861 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1861?
- January 1, 1861 – Porfirio Díaz conquers Mexico City.
- January 10, 1861 – American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union.
- January 19, 1861 – American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in seceding from the United States.
- January 21, 1861 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
- January 26, 1861 – American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
- January 29, 1861 – Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
- March 4, 1861 – The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the “Stars and Bars”) is adopted.
- May 20, 1861 – American Civil War: The state of Kentucky proclaims its neutrality, which will last until September 3 when Confederate forces enter the state. Meanwhile, the State of North Carolina secedes from the Union.
- May 29, 1861 – The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce was founded, in Hong Kong.
- June 3, 1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races) – Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia, in first land battle of the War.
- August 5, 1861 – The United States Army abolishes flogging.
- August 6, 1861 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos, Nigeria.
- August 10, 1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Wilson’s Creek – the war enters Missouri when a band of raw Confederate troops defeat Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.
- October 9, 1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Santa Rosa Island – Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.
- October 23, 1861 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus in Washington, D.C., for all military-related cases.
- October 24, 1861 – The First Transcontinental Telegraph line across the United States is completed, spelling the end for the 18-month-old Pony Express.
- October 31, 1861 – American Civil War: Citing failing health, Union General Winfield Scott resigns as Commander of the United States Army.
- November 9, 1861 – The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, University of Toronto.
- December 10, 1861 – American Civil War: the Confederate States of America accept a rival state government’s pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.
- December 26, 1861 – American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James M. Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and United Kingdom.
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