Abraham Lincoln - Lincoln signed the Confiscation Act
Time: Tuesday Aug 6, 1861
Place: U.S.
Details: On August 6, 1861, Lincoln signed the Confiscation Act that authorized judicial proceedings to confiscate and free slaves who were used to support the Confederates. The law had little practical effect, but it signaled political support for abolishing slavery.
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Simón Bolívar-Republic of Bolivia
Saturday Aug 6, 1825 - Bolivia
World War 1-Battle of Doberdo
Sunday Aug 6, 1916 - Gorizia, Gorizia, Italy
Pope John Paul II-Black Sunday
Sunday Aug 6, 1944 - Karkow, Poland
Harry S. Truman-Hiroshima atomic bomb
Monday Aug 6, 1945 - Hiroshima, Japan
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Monday Aug 6, 1945 - Hiroshima, Japan
Second Sino-Japanese War-Atomic bombings of Hiroshima
Monday Aug 6, 1945 - Hiroshima, Japan
World War II-Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Emir of Abu Dhabi
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President Reagan Signed National Security Decision Directive Number 7
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Korean Air Flight 801
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President's Daily Briefing (August 6, 2001)
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Ramos-Horta announcedment about The Government Formation
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Treaty of The Hague
Saturday Aug 6, 1661 - Portugal
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1861
Xinhai Revolution-The Self-Strengthening Movement
1861 - China
Emancipation reform
1861 - Russian Empire
Unification of Italy-Count Cavour provided critical leadership
1861 - Italy
Unification of Italy-The depictions of southern Italy
1861 - Italy
Abraham Lincoln-Secessionists implemented plans to leave the Union before he took office
1861 - U.S.
USA civil war-General Winfield Scott had devised the Anaconda Plan
Jan, 1861 - U.S
Abraham Lincoln-Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas followed
Saturday Feb 2, 1861 - U.S.
USA civil war-A pre-war February Peace Conference of 1861 met in Washington
Monday Feb 4, 1861 - Washington, United States
Abraham Lincoln-Confederate States of America
Saturday Feb 9, 1861 - U.S.
Abraham Lincoln-The Confederacy selected Jefferson Davis
Sunday Feb 10, 1861 - The Confederacy (Present Day U.S.)
Unification of Italy-Victor Emmanuel assembled the deputies of the first Italian Parliament
Monday Feb 18, 1861 - Italy
USA civil war-The primary Confederate force in the Eastern theater
Wednesday Feb 20, 1861 - Virginia, United States
Abraham Lincoln-Lincoln arrived in disguise in Washington, D.C.
Sunday Feb 24, 1861 - Washington D.C., U.S.
USA civil war-Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
1861 - U.S
Abraham Lincoln-Corwin Amendment
Sunday Mar 3, 1861 - U.S.
USA civil war-Abraham Lincoln was president of the United States
Monday Mar 4, 1861 - U.S
USA civil war-Lincoln's Inaugurations
Monday Mar 4, 1861 - U.S
Abraham Lincoln-A President
Monday Mar 4, 1861 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Abraham Lincoln-Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural address
Tuesday Mar 5, 1861 - U.S.
Unification of Italy-Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy
Sunday Mar 17, 1861 - Rome, Italy
Unification of Italy-The Parliament proclaimed Victor Emmanuel King of Italy
Sunday Mar 17, 1861 - Italy
Unification of Italy-Rome was declared Capital of Italy
Wednesday Mar 27, 1861 - Rome, Italy
USA civil war-Rejection of joined the Confederacy
Thursday Apr 4, 1861 - U.S
USA civil war-Virginia was the capital of the Confederate States of America for almost the whole of the American Civil War
Friday Apr 12, 1861 - U.S
USA civil war-Battle of Fort Sumter
1861 - U.S
Elizabeth Blackwell-American Civil War broke out
Saturday Apr 13, 1861 - U.S.
Abraham Lincoln-Civil War Begin
Saturday Apr 13, 1861 - Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
USA civil war-Invitations to recapture the fort and other federal properties
Monday Apr 15, 1861 - U.S
Abraham Lincoln-Lincoln called on the states to send detachments totaling 75,000 troops
Monday Apr 15, 1861 - U.S.
Abraham Lincoln-Baltimore riot of 1861
Friday Apr 19, 1861 - Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Unification of Italy-Cavour died unexpectedly
Jun, 1861 - Italy
Memorial day-First civil war grave decorated
Monday Jun 3, 1861 - Warrenton, Virginia, U.S.
Napoleon-Napoleon's remains
1861 - Les Invalides, Paris, France
Library of Congress-Abraham Lincoln appointed John G. Stephenson as librarian of Congress
1861 - Washington D.C., U.S.
USA civil war-Lincoln announced the Union blockade of all Southern ports
Jun, 1861 - U.S
Juneteenth-Granger’s men marched to the 1861 Customs House and Courthouse
1861 - Galveston, Texas, U.S.
Flag of the United States-Star for Kansas
Thursday Jul 4, 1861 - U.S.
Dmitri Mendeleev-The Chemist
1861 - Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Nikola Tesla-Primary school in Smiljan
1861 - Smiljan, Austrian Empire (Present day Smiljan, Croatia)
Abraham Lincoln-Lincoln professed to friends in 1861 to be "an old line Whig, a disciple of Henry Clay"
1861 - Illinois, U.S.
Abraham Lincoln-Trent Affair
1861 - U.S.
Abraham Lincoln-First Battle of Bull Run
Sunday Jul 21, 1861 - Fairfax County and Prince William County, Virginia, U.S.
Buckingham Palace-Left Buckingham Palace
1861 - London, England, United Kingdom
USA civil war-First Battle of Bull Run
Jul, 1861 - U.S
Frederick Douglass-Douglass published an account of the First Battle of Bull Run
Aug, 1861 - U.S.
Abraham Lincoln-John C. Frémont issued a martial edict freeing slaves of the rebels
Aug, 1861 - U.S.
Dmitri Mendeleev-The Demidov Prize
1861 - Sverdlovsk Oblast, in Yekaterinburg, Russia
Dmitri Mendeleev-Back Home
1861 - Saint Petersburg, Russia