1861

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1830s  1840s  1850s  – 1860s –  1870s  1880s  1890s
Years:	1858 1859 1860 – 1861 – 1862 1863 1864

1861 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1861 MDCCCLXI
Ab urbe condita	2614
Armenian calendar	1310 ԹՎ ՌՅԺ
Assyrian calendar	6611
Bahá'í calendar	17–18
Balinese saka calendar	1782–1783
Bengali calendar	1268
Berber calendar	2811
British Regnal year	24 Vict. 1 – 25 Vict. 1
Buddhist calendar	2405
Burmese calendar	1223
Byzantine calendar	7369–7370
Chinese calendar	庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 4557 or 4497     — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 4558 or 4498
Coptic calendar	1577–1578
Discordian calendar	3027
Ethiopian calendar	1853–1854
Hebrew calendar	5621–5622
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1917–1918
- Shaka Samvat	1782–1783
- Kali Yuga	4961–4962
Holocene calendar	11861
Igbo calendar	861–862
Iranian calendar	1239–1240
Islamic calendar	1277–1278
Japanese calendar	Man'en 2 / Bunkyū 1 (文久元年)
Javanese calendar	1789–1790
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar	4194
Minguo calendar	51 before ROC 民前51年
Nanakshahi calendar	393
Thai solar calendar	2403–2404
Tibetan calendar	阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1987 or 1606 or 834     — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1988 or 1607 or 835

1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday in the Julian calendar.

Events

• The American Civil War begins.
• January 1 - Benito Juárez captures Mexico City.
• March 19 – The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand.
• August 19 – First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
• September – The first complete identified remains of Archaeopteryx are discovered in Germany.

Births

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Deaths

for more information, see Category:1861 deaths.

Related pages

1861 in architecture