Historical Events In 1861

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

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 in the year 1861.  

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

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

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 in the year 1861.  

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 in the year 1861.  

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

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

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

Feb 13   Abraham Lincoln declared President on this day in history.  

Feb 13   In the year 1861 colonel Bernard Irwin attacks &defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians  

Feb 13   The first military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, Arizona on this day in history.  

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) in the year 1861.  

Feb 15   On this day in history ft Point completed & garrisoned (but has never fired cannon in anger)  

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

Feb 18   Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery Ala in the year 1861.  

Feb 18   King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes first king of Italy in the year 1861.  

Feb 18   In the year 1861 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 in the year 1861.  

Feb 20   Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist in the year 1861.  

Feb 21   Navaho Indians elect Herrero Grande as chief in the year 1861.  

Feb 21   Pierre Breville, composer on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1861 birth of william Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904)  

Jan 06   Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer was born in the year 1861.  

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

Jan 13   Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959) was born in the year 1861.  

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   On this day in history franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53  

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

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