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  1. January 17 (12233 bytes)
    120: * [[1861]] - [[Lola Montez]], adventurer (b. [[1821]])
  2. January 1 (18244 bytes)
    23: *[[1861]] - [[Porfirio Diaz]] conquers [[Mexico City]].
    86: ...Sweden]] and the republics of [[Austria]] and [[Finland]] are admitted into the [[European Union]].
    219: * [http://www.tnl.net/when/1/1 Today in History: January 1]
  3. Archaeopteryx (8771 bytes)
    14: ...| author = [[Hermann von Meyer|Meyer]] | date = [[1861]]}}
    17: .... The discovery of the first intact specimen in [[1861]], two years after [[Charles Darwin]] published '...
    19: ...e the discovery of a single feather in [[1860]], only seven additional specimens of ''Archaeopteryx'' ...
    34: ...chaeopteryx'' could genuinely [[flight|fly]], or only hop around and [[glide]] from [[tree]]s. The lac...
    36: ...wers, and the latest findings on this fossil are unlikely to be the last word.
  4. History of California (38344 bytes)
    86: ... San Fernando Rey de España de Velicatá]] (the only Franciscan mission in all of Baja California) an...
    90: ...lation "California" which had previously applied only to the Peninsula now called [[Baja California Pe...
    134: ...erican War]], this grew slowly with emigration mainly from the United States. The Republic, under Pres...
    143: ... north of the Bay's mouth. San Diego Bay is the only natural harbor in California south of San Franci...
    148: ...cramento River]] and [[Sutter Creek]], north and inland from the sparsely-settled Spanish land-grants....
  5. Colorado (22240 bytes)
    94: ...s|United States territory]] on [[February 28]], [[1861]] and Colorado attained statehood in [[1876]] (ea...
    122: ...e vegetation grows. The Rockies are snow-covered only in the winter; most snow melts by mid August wit...
  6. United States Senate (35505 bytes)
    14: ...ted until the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] ([[1861]]–[[1865]]). The war, which began soon afte...
    25: ...olutions censuring members; [[censure]] requires only a simple majority and does not remove a senator ...
    30: ...ittees, and have more staffers. The prestige commonly associated with the Senate is reflected by the b...
    42: ...presides over very few Senate debates, attending only on important ceremonial occasions (such as the s...
    52: Senate procedure depends not only on the rules, but also on a variety of customs a...
  7. World Series (40101 bytes)
    7: ... leagues' standings, received such shares; today only the teams finishing in second place in their div...
    9: ...rld" appellation has stuck despite the fact that only teams in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] pa...
    28: * 1861 Brooklyn Atlantics
    63: * 1896 [[Baltimore Orioles (NL)|Baltimore Orioles]]
    77: ...ston AL]] defeats [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pittsburgh NL]], 5 games to 3.
  8. Culture of Italy (11004 bytes)
    8: ...mportant element of the Italian lifestyle, and mainly reflects the rural culture and history of the ma...
    27: ...fricans, mostly of Berber or Arab origin, came mainly from heavily Islamic [[Morocco]], though they ha...
    60: ... than that from the north [1][http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/MIE/Part2_chapter08.html].
  9. Underground Railroad (17993 bytes)
    23: Messages often were encoded so that only those active in the Railroad would fully underst...
    33: ...within the constellation [[Ursa Major]] that commonly was called then, as it is today, the "Big Dipper...
    73: ... Of the 20,000 who emigrated to [[Upper Canada]] only 20% returned to the United States.<sup>2</sup>
    75: ... United States, a large number of black refugees enlisted in the Union Army and, while some later retu...
    98: * [[1861]] through [[1865]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]
  10. Florence (11538 bytes)
    28: ...nd Dukes of Tuscany]], ruling for two centuries. Only [[Republic of Lucca]] (later a [[Duchy of Lucca|...
    30: ... province of the united kingdom of [[Italy]] in [[1861]].
    51: ...Etruscans]] in ancient times, this bridge is the only one in the city to have survived [[World War II]...
  11. Italy (17022 bytes)
    35: |[[17 March]] [[1861]]
    60: ...apacy]], and became part of the Kingdom of Italy only on [[September 20]], [[1870]], the final date of...
    82: ...es has officially 630 members (''de facto'', 619 only after the 2001 elections). In addition to 315 se...
    186: ...ite of the Italian parliament (Senate in Italian only)
  12. List of sculptors (9151 bytes)
    9: *[[Benjamin Paul Akers]] (1825 - 1861)
    37: *[[Antoine Bourdelle]] (1861 - 1929)
    123: *[[Paul Granlund]] (1925 - 2003)
    185: *[[Aristide Maillol]] (1861 - 1944)
    242: *[[Frederic Remington]] (1861 - 1909)
  13. Reconstruction (12035 bytes)
    40: ...9 US 3 ([[1883]]), that the Fourteenth Amendment only gave Congress the power to outlaw public, rather...
    56: <td>[[February 4]], [[1861]]</td>
    62: <td>[[January 9]], [[1861]]</td>
    63: <td>[[February 4]], [[1861]]</td>
    69: <td>[[January 10]], [[1861]]</td>
  14. USS Monitor (7466 bytes)
    7: |Ordered:|| [[4 October]] [[1861]]
    9: |Laid down:|| [[1861]]
    57: ... waves while under tow by the [[USS Rhode Island (1861)|''Rhode Island'']], she sank on [[December 31]],...
    63: ...t marine sanctuary. ''Monitor'' Sanctuary is the only one of the thirteen national marine sanctuaries ...
    73: *[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/monitor/ Online exhibition about ''Monitor'']
  15. Sam Houston (6990 bytes)
    3: ...e history of [[Texas]], and, [[as of 2005]], the only person in [[U.S. history]] to have been the [[go...
    5: ...nia|Rockbridge County]], [[Virginia]]. Receiving only a basic education he emigrated with his family t...
    24: ...r of two different states. He resigned in March [[1861]] following his refusal to take an oath of loyalt...
    35: ...lark (governor)|Edward Clark]] | years=1859&ndash;1861}}
  16. James K. Polk (27988 bytes)
    19: ...is expansionist beliefs, for his pledge to serve only one term, and for becoming the first "[[dark hor...
    28: Polk was only educated informally during his childhood. His fo...
    52: ...resident. Polk was the first, and as of 2005 the only, former Speaker of the House of Representatives ...
    55: ...ing of his Administration, was resolved to serve only one term in office.]]
    56: ...ion of California from Mexico. Resolved to serve only one term, Polk acted swiftly to fulfill his camp...
  17. African American (19830 bytes)
    6: ...frican American'' as originally coined refers to only those descended from a relative handful of black...
    10: ...Northeast and 18.7 percent in the Midwest, while only 8.9 percent lived in the western states. Almost ...
    15: ...ica]] which lead to the [[American Civil War]] ([[1861]] - [[1865]]).
    33: ...lar English]] (AAVE) is a dialect of English commonly spoken by African Americans.
    43: ...fier&mdash;a term they themselves had repudiated only two decades earlier&mdash;a term often associate...
  18. Battle of the Wilderness (11082 bytes)
    24: ...was actually fought a few miles to the west, and only overlapped the old battlefield along the Brock R...
    26: ... of the old battle site before moving southward. Unlike the Union army of a year before, Grant had no ...
    38: ...o hours, the situation was totally reversed. Not only had Longstreet regained all the ground lost, he ...
    45: ...t's strategy was to wage a war of attrition. The only way that Lee could escape from the trap that Gra...
    162: ... 1889 ([http://www.civilwarhome.com/foxspref.htm online text])
  19. Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
    3: ...n Pierce]]. He is most famous for serving as the only [[President]] of the [[Confederate States of Ame...
    12: ...ssippi watershed)|Red River]] for the repair and enlargement of the fort. Later the same year, he was...
    48: ... Davis upheld it on principle on [[January 10]] [[1861]]. On the 21st of that month, he announced the se...
    51: ...neral]] of Mississippi troops. On [[February 9]], 1861 a [[constitution]]al convention at [[Montgomery, ...
    53: ...chmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Virginia]] in May, 1861, and Davis and his family took up his residence t...
  20. Stonewall Jackson (15247 bytes)
    20: ... explained his rationale, and claimed that, with only 50 more troops, he could persevere and win the p...
    36: ...entually given command of a brigade. On April 27, 1861, Virginia Governor [[John Letcher]] ordered [[Col...
    40: ...ssas, Virginia|Manassas]] in the South) in July [[1861]], when Brigadier General [[Barnard E. Bee]] exho...
    48: ... Federals another defeat on the same ground as in 1861. When Lee decided to invade the North, Jackson to...
    60: ...d, Lee might have prevailed at Gettysburg. Certainly Jackson's iron discipline and brilliant tactical...

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