Input interpretation
rubidium | discovery year
Result
1861
Timeline
Timeline
Time from today
The year 1861 was 159 years ago.
Date range
Tuesday, January 1, 1861 to Tuesday, December 31, 1861
Jewish calendar | 19 Tevet, 5621 (until sunset) to 28 Tevet, 5622 (until sunset) Islamic calendar | 18 Jumada II, 1277 (until sunset) to 28 Jumada II, 1278 (until sunset) Chinese lunar calendar | 21 shiyiyue, 4557 to 1 shieryue, 4558
Notable events in 1861
January 9: Mississippi becomes the second state to secede before the Civil War
January 21: Jefferson Davis and four others resign from the United States Senate
January 29: Kansas statehood
February 4: Delegates from six rebel states form the Confederate States of America
February 9: Jefferson Davis is elected President of the Confederacy
April 12: United States Civil War begins
April 27: West Virginia secedes from Virginia
May 29: capital of the Confederacy moves from Montgomery to Richmond, Virginia
July 21: First Battle of Bull Run
November 19: Julia Ward Howe writes "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Calendar
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