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What Happened In January 1861 In History

Historical Events for January, 1861

  • 1st » Porfirio Díaz conquers Mexico City, Mexico.
  • 3rd » American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
  • 9th » American Civil War: The "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina. It is considered by some historians to be the "First Shots of the American Civil War".
  • 9th » Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
  • 10th » American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union (American Civil War) named Union.
  • 11th » Alabama secedes from the United States.
  • 19th » American Civil War: Georgia (U.S. state) called Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in secession called seceding from the United States.
  • 21st » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
  • 26th » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana History of Louisiana Secession and the Civil War (1860–1865) known as secedes from the Union.
  • 29th » Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1861

  • 3rd » William Renshaw, English tennis player (d. 1904)
  • 6th » Victor Horta, Belgian architect and designer (d. 1947)
  • 6th » George Lloyd (bishop of Saskatchewan) known as George Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian (d. 1940)
  • 6th » János Zsupánek, Slovene-Hungarian author and poet (d. 1951)
  • 13th » Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)
  • 14th » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (d. 1926)
  • 28th » Julián Felipe, Filipino composer (d. 1944)
  • 30th » Charles Martin Loeffler, French-American violinist and composer (d. 1935)

Famous Deaths for January 1861

  • 2nd » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
  • 12th » Václav Hanka, Czech philologist, (b. 1791)
  • 17th » Lola Montez, Irish-American actress and dancer (b. 1821)

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