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| 1861 |
| | | Richmond, the state capital of Virginia, becomes the capital of the Southern Confederacy | |
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| 1861 |
| | | Shots are fired against the Federal military garrison in Fort Sumter, in Charleston harbour, launching the American Civil War | |
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| 1861 |
| | | Chinese immigrants to Australia are the victims of violent racial attacks at Lambing Flat | |
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| 1861 |
| | | An official National Eisteddfod is held for the first time in Wales, in Aberdare | |
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| 1861 |
| | | Queen Victoria likes Adam Bede so much that she commissions Edward Henry Corbould to paint for her two scenes from the novel | |
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| 1861 |
| | | Mathew Brady sends teams ot photographers to the various battle fronts to ensure a thorough photographic record of the American Civil War | |
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| 1861 |
| | | Benito Juarez, president of a bankrupt Mexico, suspends interest payment on the nation's foreign debt | |
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| 1861 |
| | | The first battle of the American Civil War, fought near Manassas and the Bull Run Creek, is a clear Confederate victory | |
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| 1861 |
| | | At Pavón the provincial troops of Buenos Aires defeat the Argentinian national army, emphatically demonstrating the power of their city | |
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| 1861 |
| | | Longfellow's narrative poem Paul Revere's Ride dramatizes a turning point at the start of the American Revolution | |
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