1861 Fact Sheet
Database: Date of Independence for Modern Countries
| Record Name | Year | Country | Previous Ruler Country | Date |
| Italy Country Formation Date | 1861 | Italy | March 17, 1861 |
Database: Year and Discoverer of Chemical Elements
| Record Name | Element | Year Discovered | Discovered By | Source |
| Rubidium | Rubidium | 1861 | Gustav Kirchoff, Robert Bunsen | Jefferson Lab |
| Thallium | Thallium | 1861 | Sir William Crookes | Jefferson Lab |
Database: List of Prince-Bishops of Trent
| Record Name | Historic Region | Modern Region | Name | Period Start | Period End | Source |
| Benedikt von Riccabona (22 March 1861 - 13 March 1879) | Holy Roman Empire | Italy | Benedikt von Riccabona | 22 March 1861 | 13 March 1879 | Wikipedia |
Database: Tallest Churches in the World
| Record Name | Year Complete | City | Country | Church | Height (Meters) | Height (Feet) | Source |
| St. John's Cathedral | 1861 | Limerick | Republic of Ireland | St. John's Cathedral | 93.8 m | 308 ft | Wikipedia |
Database: Periodic Table of the Elements
| Record Name | Symbol | Group | Number | Melting Point | Boiling Point | Density | Year Discovered | Atomic Weight | % of Earth's Crust |
| Rubidium | Rb | 1 | 37 | 39 | 688 | 1.63 | 1861 | 85.4678 | |
| Thallium | Tl | 13 | 81 | 303 | 1457 | 11.85 | 1861 | 204.3833 |
Database: Hans Christian Andersen Stories and Fairy Tales By Year
| Record Name | Year | Author | Story Title |
| The Butterfly - Hans Christian Andersen | 1861 | Hans Christian Andersen | The Butterfly |
| The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors - Hans Christian Andersen | 1861 | Hans Christian Andersen | The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors |
| The Mail-Coach Passengers - Hans Christian Andersen | 1861 | Hans Christian Andersen | The Mail-Coach Passengers |
| The Beetle Who Went on His Travels - Hans Christian Andersen | 1861 | Hans Christian Andersen | The Beetle Who Went on His Travels |
| What the Old Man Does Is Always Right - Hans Christian Andersen | 1861 | Hans Christian Andersen | What the Old Man Does Is Always Right |
| The Snow Man - Hans Christian Andersen | 1861 | Hans Christian Andersen | The Snow Man |
| The Portuguese Duck - Hans Christian Andersen | 1861 | Hans Christian Andersen | The Portuguese Duck |
| The New Century’s Goddess - Hans Christian Andersen | 1861 | Hans Christian Andersen | The New Century’s Goddess |
| The Ice Maiden - Hans Christian Andersen | 1861 | Hans Christian Andersen | The Ice Maiden |
| The Psyche - Hans Christian Andersen | 1861 | Hans Christian Andersen | The Psyche |
| The Snail and the Rose-Tree - Hans Christian Andersen | 1861 | Hans Christian Andersen | The Snail and the Rose-Tree |
| The Old Church Bell - Hans Christian Andersen | 1861 | Hans Christian Andersen | The Old Church Bell |
Database: US Presidents
| Record Name | Birth State | Religion | Political Party | Died | Country | Term Start | Term Finish | Birthdate | Date of Death | Inauguration Age | Age at Death | Number |
| Buchanan | PENNSYLVANIA | Presbyterian | Democrat | Died after Office | United States | 1857 | 1861 | 4/23/1791 | 6/1/1868 | 65 | 77 | 15 |
| Lincoln | KENTUCKY | Liberal | Repubilican | Assasinated in Office | United States | 1861 | 1865 | 2/12/1809 | 4/15/1865 | 52 | 56 | Assassinated in office |
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