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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.
– Emancipation reform of 1861 in Russia: Tsar Alexander II signs the emancipation reform into law, abolishing Russian serfdom.
– 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.
– Battle of Vienna, Virginia in the American Civil War.
– American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
– American Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.
– American Civil War: Battle of Ball’s Bluff – Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war. Baker, a close friend of Abraham Lincoln, is killed in the fighting.
– American Civil War: Western Department Union General John C. Fremont is relieved of command and replaced by David Hunter.
– 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 ?
– Nikolay Zelinsky, Russian chemist (d. 1953)
– Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher and educator (d. 1925)
– Emmett Dalton, American outlaw (d. 1937)
– Pierre Duhem, French physicist (d. 1916)
– Maximilian von Spee, Denmark-born German admiral (d. 1914)
– Amélie of Orléans, queen of Portugal (d. 1951)
– Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor (d. 1929)
– Hélène Smith, French psychic (d. 1929)
– Charles Duryea, American automobile pioneer (d. 1938)
– Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (d. 1926)