WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO APRIL 1861
Find out what all happened January to April 1861

The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand. (19. March 1861)

American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States. (3. January 1861)

American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in seceding from the United States. (19. January 1861)

Serfdom is abolished in Russia. (19. February 1861)

First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas. (6. April 1861)

American Civil War: The "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina. It is considered by some historians to be the "First Shots of the American Civil War". (9. January 1861)

Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America. (10. February 1861)

American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union. (26. January 1861)

American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union. (10. January 1861)

President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 Volunteers to quell the insurrection that soon became the American Civil War (15. April 1861)

Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech (21. March 1861)

Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs. (3. March 1861)

American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama. (9. February 1861)

The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted. (4. March 1861)

Russian troops fire on a crowd in Warsaw protesting against Russian rule over Poland, killing five protesters. (27. February 1861)

American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted. (11. March 1861)

Edward Clark becomes Governor of Texas, replacing Sam Houston, who has been evicted from the office for refusing to take an oath of loyalty to the Confederacy. (16. March 1861)

An earthquake completely destroys Mendoza, Argentina. (20. March 1861)

American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia. (20. April 1861)

Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War. (9. January 1861)