WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1861
Find out what all happened January to September 1861

The United Kingdom annexes Lagos, Nigeria. (6. August 1861)

American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America. (4. February 1861)

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

Porfirio Díaz conquers Mexico City, Mexico. (1. 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: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union. (29. April 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: The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. (12. April 1861)

American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States. (1. February 1861)

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

With Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy. (18. February 1861)

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

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

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

American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance. (3. September 1861)

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

American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in 1872). (5. August 1861)

American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: a pro-Secession mob in Baltimore, Maryland, attacks United States Army troops marching through the city. (19. April 1861)