Historical Events In 1861

Jan 14   Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf) on this day in history.   

Jan 15   In the year 1861 steam elevator patented by Elisha Otis   

Jan 17   Flush toilet (with seperate water tank and a pull chain) patented by Mr Thomas Crapper (Honest!) in the year 1861.   

Jan 17   On this day in history flush toilet patented by Mr Thomas Crapper (Honest!)   

Jan 18   On this day in history american Civil War   

Jan 18   Georgia joins the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War in the year 1861.   

Jan 18   Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist in the year 1861.   

Jan 19   In the year 1861 georgia becomes 5th state to secede   

Jan 19   In the year 1861 georgia joins the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War.   

Jan 19   On this day in history georgia seceded from the Union.   

Jan 19   On this day in history mS troops take Fort Massachusetts an Ship Island   

Jan 21   Jefferson Davis of Mississippi & 4 other southern senators resign in the year 1861.   

Jan 21   Mississippi Sen. Jefferson Davis resigned from the U.S. Senate, 12 days before Mississippi seceded from the Union in the year 1861.   

Jan 22   Karel Stecker, composer in the year 1861.   

Jan 23   Agoston Haraszthy, first vintner in Sonoma Valley, imports 100,000 cuttings of 350 varieties from Europe in the year 1861.   

Jan 24   Arsenal at Augusta GA seized by Confederacy in the year 1861.   

Jan 24   Arsenal at Augusta, Ga seized by Confederacy in the year 1861.   

Jan 24   Federal troops from Fort Monroe are sent to Fort Pikens in the year 1861.   

Jan 26   On this day in history louisiana becomes 6th state to secede   

Jan 29   In the year 1861 kansas becomes 34th state   

Jan 29   Kansas becomes the 34th state of the Union in the year 1861.   

Jan 30   On this day in history charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, Mulhouse Alsace, composer   

Jan 31   Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

Jan 31   Friedrich Hebbel's "Siegfrieds Tod," premieres in Weimar in the year 1861.   

Jan 31   State of Louisiana takes over US Mint at New Orleans on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Dike breaks in Gelderland Netherlands in the year 1861.   

Feb 01   Texas votes to secede from the Union on this day in history.   

Feb 02   On this day in history mehmed VI, last sultan of Ottoman Empire (1918-22)   

Feb 04   Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time, Montgomery Ala, Ga, Fla, La, Miss & SC elect Jefferson Davis pres of Confederacy in the year 1861.   

Feb 04   Confederate constitutional convention meets for first time, Montgomery AL, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi &South Carolina elect Jefferson Davis President of Confederacy in the year 1861.   

Feb 05   1st moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale on this day in history.   

Feb 05   In the year 1861 first moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale   

Feb 05   Kinematoscope patented by Coleman Sellers, Philadelphia PA on this day in history.   

Feb 05   In the year 1861 louisiana delegation except Mr Bouligny withdraws from Congress   

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Jan 02   In the year 1861 birth of helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of william Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904)   

Jan 06   In the year 1861 birth of heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer   

Jan 06   In the year 1861 birth of george Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940)   

Jan 13   Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 14   Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf) was born in the year 1861.   

Jan 18   Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 18   In the year 1861 birth of raymond Huntington Woodman, composer   

Jan 02   Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65 in the year 1861.   

Jan 17   On this day in history death of lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)   

Jan 31   Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies in the year 1861.   

Feb 12   Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Feb 18   In the year 1861 louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74   

Mar 10   Josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Mar 14   Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.