Historical Events In 1861

Feb 06   1st meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America in the year 1861.  

Feb 06   In the year 1861 english Admiral Robert Ritzroy issues first storm warnings for ships  

Feb 06   First meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America in the year 1861.  

Feb 08   On this day in history confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery AL  

Feb 08   On this day in history confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery, Ala  

Feb 09   On this day in history confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the US Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate states  

Feb 09   On this day in history jefferson Davis & Alexander Stephens elected president & VP of CSA  

Feb 09   Jefferson Davis &Alexander Stephens elected president &Vice President of CSA in the year 1861.  

Feb 09   On this day in history tennessee votes against secession  

Feb 10   On this day in history francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies  

Feb 11   President-elect Lincoln takes train from Spingfield IL to Wash DC in the year 1861.  

Feb 11   President-elect Lincoln takes train from Spingfield IL to Washington DC in the year 1861.  

Feb 11   On this day in history uS House unanimously passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state  

Feb 12   In the year 1861 hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72  

Feb 12   On this day in history lou [Andreas-]Salome, Russian/German author (Im Kampf um Gott)  

Feb 12   State troops seize US munitions in Napoleon AK in the year 1861.  

Feb 12   In the year 1861 state troops seize US munitions in Napoleon, AK  

Feb 13   1st military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, AZ on this day in history.  

Feb 13   Abraham Lincoln declared President in the year 1861.  

Feb 13   Colonel Bernard Irwin attacks &defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians in the year 1861.  

Feb 13   In the year 1861 the first military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, Arizona  

Feb 13   Uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer (How I Became a Christian) on this day in history.  

Feb 15   Alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher (Adv of Ideas) on this day in history.  

Feb 15   Ft Point completed & garrisoned (but has never fired cannon in anger) on this day in history.  

Feb 18   On this day in history confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery AL  

Feb 18   Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery Ala on this day in history.  

Feb 18   On this day in history king Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes first king of Italy  

Feb 18   Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Feb 19   Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom in the year 1861.  

Feb 19   Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [NS=Mar 3] on this day in history.  

Feb 20   Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms in the year 1861.  

Feb 20   On this day in history nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist  

Feb 21   Navaho Indians elect Herrero Grande as chief on this day in history.  

Feb 21   On this day in history pierre Breville, composer  

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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   On this day in history birth of heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer  

Jan 06   George Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 13   In the year 1861 birth of max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)  

Jan 14   In the year 1861 birth of wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf)  

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of hans Goldschmidt, German chemist  

Jan 18   Raymond Huntington Woodman, composer was born in the year 1861.  

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

Jan 17   Lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821) died in the year 1861.  

Jan 31   Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 in the year 1861.  

Feb 10   Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 12   On this day in history hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72  

Feb 18   Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Mar 10   In the year 1861 josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67  

Mar 14   Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1861.