What happened in 1861

World6

• Feb 8The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first seven break-away States.
• Feb 9Jefferson Davis is elected Provisional President of the Confederate States of America, by the Weed Convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
• Feb 24Battle of Ky Hoa: the French and the Spanish defeat the Vietnamese.
• Mar 13Tsushima incident: The Russian corvette Posadnik arrives at Tsushima Island in the Korea Strait, Japan, provoking a reaction from the Japanese Shogunate.
• Mar 19The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
• Jun 9Règlement Organique: With the approval of European powers, the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate is established as a semi-autonomous sub-division separate from the Sidon Eyalet. An Ottoman Armenian, Davud Pasha, is appointed Mutasarrıf by the Ottoman Sultan.

North America50

• Feb 11American Civil War: The U.S. House unanimously passes a resolution, guaranteeing non-interference with slavery in any state.
• Feb 18American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional president of the Confederate States of America.
• Mar 2American Civil War: Texas is admitted to the Confederate States of America.
• Mar 4American Civil War: The "Stars and Bars" is adopted as the flag of the Confederate States of America.
• Mar 11American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
• Apr 12The American Civil War begins with the bombardment of Fort Sumter, South Carolina.
• Apr 25American Civil War: The Union Army arrives in Washington, D.C.
• Apr 27American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus in the United States.
• May 13American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality", which recognizes the breakaway states as having belligerent rights.
• May 20American Civil War:
• May 23American Civil War: The state of Virginia's ordinance of secession from the United States is ratified in a referendum.
• JulAmerican Civil War:
• Aug 5American Civil War:
• SepAmerican Civil War:
• Oct 9American Civil War: Battle of Santa Rosa Island – Confederate forces are defeated in their effort to take the island.

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Europe6

• Jan 2Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies, and is succeeded by Wilhelm I.
• Feb 13Unification of Italy: The Siege of Gaeta, stronghold of the Neapolitan King Francis II, is ended by Piedmontese forces. Francis goes into exile.
• Feb 21Mariehamn, the capital of Åland, is founded.
• Mar 17Unification of Italy: The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed by the new Parliament, with Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont-Sardinia becoming its king.
• Jul 1The first issue of the Vatican's newspaper L'Osservatore Romano is published.
• Nov 10Death of French explorer Henri Mouhot, following which his servant Phrai begins shipping his diaries and specimens back to the west; they include accounts of Mouhot's discovery of Angkor Wat.

USSR / Russia1

• MarMarch 3 (February 19 O.S.) – Emancipation reform of 1861: Alexander II abolishes serfdom in the Russian Empire.

Asia1

• Jul 1Taiping Rebellion: Battle of Shanghai – French and Imperial Chinese troops defeat Taiping forces.

Middle East1

• Jun 25Abdülmecid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1839–1861) dies and is succeeded by Abdülaziz (1861–1876).: Abdülaziz]]

Latin America2

• Mar 20An earthquake completely destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
• Sep 17Argentine Civil War: Battle of Pavón: Victory of Buenos Aires over the Argentine Confederation, and the re-unification of Argentina.