...Date... AGE Event
1861/--/-- -1 - Abraham Lincoln (Republican) becomes president of the United States
1861/--/-- -1 - American locksmith Linus Yale Jr. patents the cylinder lock.
1861/--/-- -1 - CONFEDERACY
1861/--/-- -1 - Civil War Begins
1861/--/-- -1 - English designer William Morris starts the Arts and Crafts Movement.
1861/--/-- -1 - Explorers Burke and Wills die during their north-south crossing of Australia.
1861/--/-- -1 - French artist Eugene Delacroix paints the Lion Hunt.
1861/--/-- -1 - General George B. McClellan is made commander of the Union forces.
1861/--/-- -1 - Italy is unified under Victor Emmanuel II.
1861/--/-- -1 - John Ericsson designs the Monitor, the first ship with a revolving gun-turret.
1861/--/-- -1 - Kansas is inaugurated as the 34th state of the Union.
1861/--/-- -1 - Lincoln is inaugurated as the 16th U.S. president; Hamlin becomes vice-president.
1861/--/-- -1 - Nicholas II abolishes serfdom in Russia.
1861/--/-- -1 - The Confederate States of America declare their independence from the U.S.
1861/--/-- -1 - The Confederates defeat the Union army in the First Battle of Bull Run.
1861/--/-- -1 - The Southern states meet to draft a constitution; Davis is selected as president.
1861/--/-- -1 - The Trent Affair begins when a Union ship intercepts a British steamer.
1861/--/-- -1 - The United States introduce the first national income tax.
1861/--/-- -1 - The bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor begins the U.S. Civil War.
1861/--/-- -1 - Unification of Italy
1861/--/-- -1 - Western territories reorganized by Republican Congresses
1861/07/10 0 *** Owen, Robert A. - Born to Owen, John B. and Cowen, Julia Ann S. (Owen)
1862/--/-- 0 - A Union fleet under David G. Farragut captures New Orleans.
1862/--/-- 0 - Bartolome Mitre unites Argentina and is elected president.
1862/--/-- 0 - Brady, O'Sullivan and Gardner document the Civil War in photographs.
1862/--/-- 0 - Explorer John McDouall Stuart makes the first south to north crossing of Australia.
1862/--/-- 0 - Foucault measures speed of light
1862/--/-- 0 - French actress Sarah Bernhardt makes her debut at the Comedie Francaise.
1862/--/-- 0 - French impressionist artist Edouard Manet paints Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe.
1862/--/-- 0 - French physicist Jean Foucault successfully measures the speed of light.
1862/--/-- 0 - French writer Victor Hugo completes his social novel Les Miserables.
1862/--/-- 0 - Lee defeats the Union army in the Second Battle of Bull Run.
1862/--/-- 0 - Lee's Confederate invasion of Maryland is halted at the Battle of Antietam.
1862/--/-- 0 - McClellan is defeated in the Seven Days Battle and retreats from the peninsular.
1862/--/-- 0 - Napoleon III imposes the Austrian prince Maximilian as emperor of Mexico.
1862/--/-- 0 - Richard J. Gatling invents the first practical machine gun.
1862/--/-- 0 - Russian novelist Ivan Turgenev publishes Fathers and Sons.
1862/--/-- 0 - The first recorded ski competition is held near Oslo in Norway.
1862/--/-- 0 - The ironclad warships Monitor and Merrimack clash at Hampton Roads, Va.
1862/--/-- 0 - Union forces under Burnside are defeated at the Battle of Fredricksburg.
1862/--/-- 0 - Union forces under Grant defeat the Confederates at the Battle of Shiloh.
1862/--/-- 0 - Union forces under McClellan begin the Peninsular Campaign to capture Richmond.
1862/--/-- 0 - William I appoints Otto von Bismarck as minister president of Prussia.
1863/--/-- 1 - Cambodia (Kampuchea) becomes a French protectorate.
1863/--/-- 1 - English philosopher John Stuart Mill publishes Utilitarianism.
1863/--/-- 1 - French impressionist artist Camille Pissarro exhibits at the Salon des Refuses.
1863/--/-- 1 - George I succeeds Otto as king of Greece.
1863/--/-- 1 - Grant defeats the Confederates in the Vicksburg Campaign.
1863/--/-- 1 - Ismail Pasha rules Egypt under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire.
1863/--/-- 1 - Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation abolishes slavery in the Confederate states.
1863/--/-- 1 - London's Metropolitan Railway becomes the first underground subway.
1863/--/-- 1 - The Confederate guerrilla band Quantrill's Raiders pillage Lawrence, Kansas.
1863/--/-- 1 - The Confederates defeat the Union army at Chancellorsville; Jackson is killed.
1863/--/-- 1 - The Confederates under Lee are defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg.
1863/--/-- 1 - The French occupy Mexico City in support of Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico.
1863/--/-- 1 - The London Football Association issues the first soccer rules.
1863/--/-- 1 - West Virginia is inaugurated as the 35th state of the Union.
1863/05/02 1 *** Owen, Robert A. - Died Peolia Cem. Clinton county KY
1863/09/13 2 *** Owen, John B. [Brother] - Born to Owen, John B. and Cowen, Julia Ann S. (Owen) near Livingston Tennessee
In 1861 Transportation was by:
Foot
Horse
Bicycle
Train
Steamboat
In 1861 Communications was by:
Word of Mouth
Post Office
Telegraph
In 1861 Food Preparation was by:
Wood
In 1861 Entertainment was by:
Social Intercourse
Organized Sports
Travel
Professional Sports
Movies
Radio
Television
Theme parks
Computer
In 1861 Health Care was by:
Operations
Anesthetic
X-Rays
MRI
In 1861 War Making was by:
Calvary
gun
Artillery
Machine guns
Submarine
Iron Clad ships
Mines
In 1861 Navigation was by:
Stars & Maps
Compass
from the SFHR database of Duane Bristow 03-13-2021 19:58:18