Historical Events In 1861
Feb 11 President-elect Lincoln takes train from Spingfield IL to Washington DC
Feb 05 Kinematoscope patented by Coleman Sellers, Philadelphia PA
Feb 01 Texas votes to secede from the Union.
Feb 23 President-elect Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington DC to take office
Feb 27 US Congress authorizes first stamped newspaper wrappers for mailing
Feb 09 Jefferson Davis &Alexander Stephens elected president &Vice President of CSA
Feb 04 Confederate constitutional convention meets for first time, Montgomery AL, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi &South Carolina elect Jefferson Davis President of Confederacy
Feb 20 Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms
Feb 05 First moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale
Feb 15 Ft Point completed & garrisoned (but has never fired cannon in anger)
Feb 21 Navaho Indians elect Herrero Grande as chief
Feb 01 Dike breaks in Gelderland Netherlands
Feb 18 King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes first king of Italy
Feb 06 First meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America
Feb 22 On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inauguration
Feb 27 Warsaw Massacre Russians fire on crowd demonstrating against Russian rule of Poland
Feb 13 The first military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, Arizona
Feb 06 English Admiral Robert Ritzroy issues first storm warnings for ships
Feb 12 State troops seize US munitions in Napoleon AK
Feb 19 Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom
Feb 05 Louisiana delegation except Mr Bouligny withdraws from Congress
Feb 08 Confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery AL
Feb 09 Confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the US Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate states
Feb 28 The Colorado Territory is organized.
Apr 09 Asteroid 66, Maia discovered
Apr 21 USS Saratoga captures slaver, Nightingale.
Apr 22 Robert E Lee named commander of Virginia forces
Apr 12 Fort Sumter, SC is shelled by Confederacy, starting the Civil War The South is rising
Apr 12 Fort Sumter, SC is shelled by Confederacy, starting the Civil War
Apr 27 President Abe Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus
Apr 09 H P Tuttle discovers asteroid #66 Maja
Apr 09 Second relief convoy for Fort Sumter left New York
Apr 17 N R Pogson discovers asteroid #67 Asia
Apr 23 Arkansas troops seize Fort Smith
Apr 19 Lincoln orders blockade of Confederate ports (Civil War)
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