Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1861. 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting...
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The Springfield Model 1861 was a Minié-type rifled musket used by the United States Army during the American Civil War. Commonly referred to as the "Springfield"...
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Croatian Party of Rights 1861 (Croatian: Hrvatska stranka prava 1861 or HSP 1861) is a far-right political party in Croatia. It was founded in 1995 as...
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of 1861 in Russia, also known as the Edict of Emancipation of Russia, (Russian: Крестьянская реформа 1861 года, romanized: Krestyanskaya reforma 1861 goda...
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Kingdom of Italy (redirect from Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946))
d'Italia, Italian: [ˈreɲɲo diˈtaːlja]) was a state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until...
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legislatures. Senators were elected over a wide range of time throughout 1860 and 1861, and a seat may have been filled months late or remained vacant due to legislative...
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Colt M1861 Navy (redirect from Model 1861 Navy Revolver)
Model 1861 Navy cap & ball .36-caliber revolver was a six-shot, single-action percussion weapon produced by Colt's Manufacturing Company from 1861 until...
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Stone Fleet (redirect from USS Leonidas (1861))
Charleston Harbor by Captain Charles Henry Davis, beginning on 19 December 1861. A second fleet of 12 to 20 vessels was sunk in nearby Mafitt's Channel in...
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The Pattern 1861 Enfield musketoon was a short-barrel version (610 mm or 24 inches) of the Pattern 1853 Enfield rifled musket, having a faster rifling...
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The Great Comet of 1861, formally designated C/1861 J1 and 1861 II, is a long-period comet that was visible to the naked eye for approximately 3 months...
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American Civil War (redirect from Civil War of 1861 to 1865)
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North")...
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The Impending Crisis, 1848–1861 is a 1976 nonfiction book by American historian David M. Potter, who had died in 1971. The book was completed by fellow...
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1860–61 United States House of Representatives elections (redirect from 1861 United States House of Representatives election in California)
6, 1860, and October 24, 1861, before or after the first session of the 37th United States Congress convened on July 4, 1861. The number of House seats...
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USS A. J. View (redirect from USS A J View (1861))
Her record of activity is sparse. Early in the afternoon of 28 November 1861, while cruising in Mississippi Sound, the Union screw steamer USS R. R. Cuyler...
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1861 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. National championship National Association of Base Ball Players champion – Brooklyn Atlantics...
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Union (American Civil War) (redirect from Union 1861-1865)
1863–64. The Democratic Party strongly supported the war at the beginning in 1861, but by 1862, was split between the War Democrats and the anti-war element...
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The first four decades in the life of Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) were formative of both his artistic and much of his political thinking. He was a...
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barge built in the mid-1850s, was purchased by the Union Navy in August 1861; fitted out with a gas-generating apparatus developed by Thaddeus Sobieski...
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Confederate States of America (category 1861 establishments in North America)
breakaway republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865. The Confederacy comprised eleven U.S. states that declared...
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A History of the Civil War, 1861–1865 is a history book by James Ford Rhodes. It won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1918. The book is about the American...
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Flags of the Confederate States of America (redirect from Flag of the Confederate States (1861–1863))
American Civil War. The flags were known as the "Stars and Bars", used from 1861 to 1863; the "Stainless Banner", used from 1863 to 1865; and the "Blood-Stained...
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The following lists events that have happened in 1861 in the Qajar dynasty. Monarch: Naser al-Din Shah Qajar Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar was named as crown...
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article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1861. January 5 – The first issue of the Weekly Budget magazine is published by...
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Abraham Lincoln (section Presidency (1861–1865))
and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the United States through the...
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The year 1861 in architecture involved some significant architectural event and new buildings. Arlington Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts, United...
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Nevada (redirect from Nevada's Southern Boundary 1861-1867)
impetus to the creation of Nevada Territory out of western Utah Territory in 1861. Nevada became the 36th state on October 31, 1864, as the second of two states...
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Iron Shipyard at Govan in Glasgow, Scotland, and was completed early in 1861. She was described by Midshipman Dabney Scales, who served on the Atlanta...
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of Sardinia is a term used to denote the Savoyard state from 1720 until 1861, which united the island of Sardinia with the mainland possessions of the...
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tugboat built in 1861 at Syracuse, New York., under the name A. C. Powell – was purchased at New York City by the Navy on 3 October 1861. Since this small...
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Battle of Fort Sumter (redirect from Bombardment of Fort Sumter (April 1861))
The Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12–13, 1861) was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia. It ended...
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