Historical Events In 1861

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

Jan 15   Steam elevator patented by Elisha Otis on this day in history.  

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

Jan 17   In the year 1861 flush toilet patented by Mr Thomas Crapper (Honest!)  

Jan 18   On this day in history american Civil War  

Jan 18   In the year 1861 georgia joins the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War.  

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

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

Jan 19   Georgia joins the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War on this day in history.  

Jan 19   Georgia seceded from the Union in the year 1861.  

Jan 19   MS troops take Fort Massachusetts an Ship Island in the year 1861.  

Jan 21   On this day in history jefferson Davis of Mississippi & 4 other southern senators resign  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 24   Arsenal at Augusta GA seized by Confederacy on this day in history.  

Jan 24   On this day in history arsenal at Augusta, Ga seized by Confederacy  

Jan 24   On this day in history federal troops from Fort Monroe are sent to Fort Pikens  

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

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

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 in the year 1861.  

Jan 31   In the year 1861 friedrich Hebbel's "Siegfrieds Tod," premieres in Weimar  

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

Feb 01   In the year 1861 dike breaks in Gelderland Netherlands  

Feb 01   On this day in history texas votes to secede from the Union.  

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

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

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   On this day in history first moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale  

Feb 05   On this day in history kinematoscope patented by Coleman Sellers, Philadelphia PA  

Feb 05   Louisiana delegation except Mr Bouligny withdraws from Congress in the year 1861.  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12)  

Jan 03   William Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904) was born in the year 1861.  

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

Jan 06   George Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940) was born in the year 1861.  

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)  

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

Jan 18   In the year 1861 birth of hans Goldschmidt, German chemist  

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   Lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821) died on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 12   Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1861.  

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

Mar 10   On this day in history josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67  

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