Time Line 1861
- beatification of Saint John Leonardi
- death of Blessed Pierre Bonhomme
- death of Venerable Pierre-Bienvenu Noailles
- martyrdom of Blessed Joseph Tshang
- martyrdom of Saint John Hoan
- martyrdom of Saint John Baptist Lo
- martyrdom of Saint Joseph Khang
- martyrdom of Saint Theophane Venard
- martyrdom of Saint Valentin Faustino Berri Ochoa
- beginning of the American Civil War
- birth of Blessed Ceferino Jimenez Malla
- birth of Blessed Luigi Boccardo
- birth of Venerable Flora Bracaval
- religious congregation Handmaids of Mary Serving the Sick receives diocesan approbation
| 1860 | 1862 |
