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 on this day in history.  

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   Confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery, Ala on this day in history.  

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   Tennessee votes against secession in the year 1861.  

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

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

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   On this day in history abraham Lincoln declared President  

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

Feb 13   On this day in history the first military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, Arizona  

Feb 13   On this day in history uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer (How I Became a Christian)  

Feb 15   Alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher (Adv of Ideas) in the year 1861.  

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

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

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   On this day in history russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom  

Feb 19   On this day in history russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [NS=Mar 3]  

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

Feb 20   In the year 1861 nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist  

Feb 21   In the year 1861 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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1861.  

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

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of raymond Huntington Woodman, composer  

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

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

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

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   On this day in history 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