WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO JULY 1861
Find out what all happened March to July 1861

The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed. (17. March 1861)

American Civil War: The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. (12. April 1861)

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

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

American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces. (13. April 1861)

El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bambara Empire of Mali. (10. March 1861)

The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong. (29. May 1861)

American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus. (27. April 1861)

American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run – at Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army. (21. July 1861)

American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Crittenden-Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery. (25. July 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: at the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25 mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war. (16. July 1861)

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

American Civil War, Battle of Fairfax Court House (June 1861): the first land battle of the American Civil War after the Battle of Fort Sumter, producing the first Confederate combat casualty. (1. June 1861)

American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the breakaway states as having belligerent rights. (13. May 1861)

American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is named the capital of the Confederate States of America. (8. May 1861)

American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia. (24. May 1861)

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

American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races) – Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia, in first land battle of the War. (3. June 1861)

Pakistan’s (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri. (13. May 1861)