January 9th (1861) was a Wednesday. It's the 8th day of the year (9th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 357 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 9th January, 1861
» American Civil War: The "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina. It is considered by some historians to be the "First Shots of the American Civil War".
» Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
January 9th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Adrian of Canterbury
» Metropolitan Philip or Metropolitan Philip II of Moscow
» Julia Chester Emery (Episcopal Church (USA))
» January 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Black Nazarene named Feast of the Black Nazarene (Manila, Philippines)