Wikispooks wikispooks https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.33.2 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Wikispooks Wikispooks talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Property Property talk Form Form talk Concept Concept talk Document Document talk Wikipedia Wikipedia talk Test Test talk Widget Widget talk Campaign Campaign talk Module Module talk Gadget Gadget talk Gadget definition Gadget definition talk 1861 0 28462 205260 104651 2021-03-03T10:17:46Z Terje 655 unstub wikitext text/x-wiki {{year |image=Bombardment of Fort Sumter, 1861.png |image_width= |image_caption=The Bombardment of Fort Sumter, starting the hostilities in the southern states' bid for secession. |description=year 1861 }} == Events == * [[February 8]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Confederate States of America]] are formed, comprising the first seven break-away States. * [[February 23]] &ndash; President-elect [[Abraham Lincoln]] arrives secretly in Washington, D.C. after an [[Baltimore Plot|assassination attempt]] in [[Baltimore]]. * [[February 24]] &ndash; [[Battle of Ky Hoa]]: the French and the Spanish defeat the Vietnamese.<ref>[http://www.historynet.com/1861-french-conquest-of-saigon-battle-of-the-ky-hoa-forts.htm Weider History Group: 1861 French Conquest of Saigon: Battle of the Ky Hoa Forts]. Accessed 11 March 2013</ref> * [[March 3]] ([[February 19]] O.S.) &ndash; [[Emancipation reform of 1861]]: [[Serfdom]] is abolished in the [[Russian Empire]]. * [[March 17]] &ndash; Italian unification: The [[Kingdom of Italy]] is proclaimed by the new Parliament, with [[Victor Emmanuel II of Italy|Victor Emmanuel II]] of [[Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia|Piedmont-Sardinia]] becoming its [[Monarch|king]]. * [[April 7]] &ndash; A population census is taken in the United Kingdom. * [[April 12]] &ndash; The [[American Civil War]] begins with the bombardment of [[Fort Sumter]], [[South Carolina]]. * [[April 13]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Fort Sumter]] surrenders to Southern forces. * [[April 27]] - President [[Abraham Lincoln]] suspends the [[writ of habeas corpus]] in the United States. * [[May 13]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[Queen Victoria]] of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of [[neutral country|neutrality]]", which recognizes the [[Confederate States of America|breakaway states]] as having belligerent rights. * [[June 15]] &ndash; [[Benito Juárez]] is formally elected President of Mexico; he temporarily stops the payments of [[foreign debt]]. * [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Abdülmecid I]], [[Ottoman dynasty|Sultan]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] ([[1839]]–1861) dies and is succeeded by [[Abdülaziz]] (1861–[[1876]]). * [[July 1]] ** The first issue of the [[Vatican City|Vatican]]'s newspaper ''[[L'Osservatore Romano]]'' is published. ** [[Taiping Rebellion]] &ndash; [[Battle of Shanghai (1861)|Battle of Shanghai]]: French and [[Qing dynasty|Imperial Chinese]] troops defeat Taiping forces. * [[July 12]] &ndash; The Confederate States sign a [[Treaty with Choctaws and Chickasaws]] in [[Indian Territory in the American Civil War|Indian Territory]]. * [[July 21]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[First Battle of Bull Run]]: At [[Manassas Junction, Virginia]], the first major battle of the war ends in a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] victory. * [[July 25]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Crittenden–Johnson Resolution]] is passed by the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]], stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union, and not to end [[slavery in the United States|slavery]]. * [[August 1]] &ndash; [[The first public weather forecast]]: measured and predicted correctly by [[Admiral Robert FitzRoy.]] * [[August 5]] - [[American Civil War]]: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government issues the first [[income tax]] as part of the [[Revenue Act of 1861]] (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in [[1872]]). * [[October 24]] &ndash; {{HMS|Warrior|1860|6}}, the world's first ocean-going (all) iron-hulled armored battleship, is completed and commissioned into the British [[Royal Navy]]. * [[October 31]] - The Spanish, French and British governments sign a tripartite agreement to intervene in Mexico, in the hope of recovering unpaid debts.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20131023110311/http://history.state.gov/milestones/1861-1865/FrenchIntervention </ref> * [[November 6]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Jefferson Davis]] is elected president of the [[Confederate States of America]]. * [[November 5]] &ndash; The first [[Melbourne Cup]] horse race is held in [[Melbourne]], Australia. * [[November 8]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]] &ndash; [[Trent Affair|''Trent'' Affair]]: The {{USS|San Jacinto|1850|6}} stops the United Kingdom mail ship ''Trent'', and arrests two [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] envoys, [[James Murray Mason|James Mason]] and [[John Slidell]], sparking a diplomatic crisis between the U.K. and U.S. === Date unknown === * The [[British Empire]] establishes bases in [[Lagos]] to stop the slave trade. * The [[Perpetual Truce of Peace and Friendship]] is signed [[Bahrain–United Kingdom relations|between Bahrain and the United Kingdom]]. {{SMWDocs}} ==References== {{Reflist}} 91e4u1gfu4l108s6bx9kq82bf5duwfz