Historical Events In 1861

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

Feb 06   English Admiral Robert Ritzroy issues first storm warnings for ships in the year 1861.  

Feb 06   First meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America on this day in history.  

Feb 08   Confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery AL in the year 1861.  

Feb 08   Confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery, Ala in the year 1861.  

Feb 09   In the year 1861 confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the US Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate states  

Feb 09   Jefferson Davis & Alexander Stephens elected president & VP of CSA on this day in history.  

Feb 09   In the year 1861 jefferson Davis &Alexander Stephens elected president &Vice President of CSA  

Feb 09   Tennessee votes against secession on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 11   US House unanimously passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state on this day in history.  

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

Feb 12   Lou [Andreas-]Salome, Russian/German author (Im Kampf um Gott) in the year 1861.  

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 in the year 1861.  

Feb 13   On this day in history abraham Lincoln declared President  

Feb 13   Colonel Bernard Irwin attacks &defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1861 alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher (Adv of Ideas)  

Feb 15   Ft Point completed & garrisoned (but has never fired cannon in anger) in the year 1861.  

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

Feb 18   In the year 1861 confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery Ala  

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

Feb 18   On this day in history louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74  

Feb 19   Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom on this day in history.  

Feb 19   Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [NS=Mar 3] in the year 1861.  

Feb 20   Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms on this day in history.  

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

Feb 21   On this day in history navaho Indians elect Herrero Grande as chief  

Feb 21   Pierre Breville, composer in the year 1861.  

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Jan 02   Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12) was born in the year 1861.  

Jan 03   William Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of george Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940)  

Jan 13   On this day in history 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   Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist was born in the year 1861.  

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

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

Jan 17   In the year 1861 death of lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)  

Jan 31   In the year 1861 franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53  

Feb 10   In the year 1861 francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies  

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

Mar 14   In the year 1861 abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58