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Historical Event(s)
– Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
– American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.
– American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
– Serfdom is abolished in Russia.
– Edward Clark became Governor of Texas, replacing Sam Houston, who has been evicted from the office for refusing to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederacy.
– American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: a pro-Secession mob in Baltimore, Maryland, attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
– American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is named the capital of the Confederate States of America.
– American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden-Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery.
– The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, University of Toronto.
– 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.
Who Were Born On ?
– George Lloyd (bishop of Saskatchewan), Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940)
– Solomon R. Guggenheim, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1949)
– Charles Edouard Guillaume, French physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1938)
– Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher and educator (d. 1925)
– H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (d. 1896)
– Robert Bosch, German inventor and industrialist (d. 1942)
– Tom Horn, American lawman and convicted murderer (d. 1903)
– Charles Duryea, American automobile pioneer (d. 1938)
– Antonio de La Gandara, French painter (d. 1917)
– Italo Svevo, Italian author (d. 1928)