1861 Calendar
A year scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

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Historical Event(s)

– American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in seceding from the United States.
– With the Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.
– The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the “Stars and Bars”) is adopted.
– American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia.
– American Civil War: at the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25 mile march into Virginia for what will become The First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.
– The United States Army abolishes flogging.
– First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
– American Civil War: Battle of Santa Rosa Island – Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.
– American Civil War: The “Trent Affair” – The USS San Jacinto stops the United Kingdom mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.
– American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.

Who Were Born On ?

– George Lloyd (bishop of Saskatchewan), Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940)
– Mehmed VI, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1926)
– Solomon R. Guggenheim, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1949)
– Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1947)
– Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, British general (d. 1936)
– H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (d. 1896)
– Pierre Duhem, French physicist (d. 1916)
– José Rizal, Filipino polymath and national hero (d. 1896)
– Anton Arensky, Russian composer, pianist and professor of music (d. 1906)
– William Wrigley, Jr., American industrialist (d. 1932)