Historical Events In 1861

Feb 06   1st meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America on this day in history.  

Feb 06   English Admiral Robert Ritzroy issues first storm warnings for ships on this day in history.  

Feb 06   On this day in history first meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America  

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   Confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the US Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate states in the year 1861.  

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

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

Feb 09   On this day in history tennessee votes against secession  

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

Feb 11   In the year 1861 president-elect Lincoln takes train from Spingfield IL to Wash DC  

Feb 11   In the year 1861 president-elect Lincoln takes train from Spingfield IL to Washington DC  

Feb 11   In the year 1861 uS House unanimously passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 12   On this day in history state troops seize US munitions in Napoleon, AK  

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

Feb 13   Abraham Lincoln declared President in the year 1861.  

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

Feb 13   On this day in history 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) in the year 1861.  

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

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

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

Feb 21   In the year 1861 navaho Indians elect Herrero Grande as chief  

Feb 21   In the year 1861 pierre Breville, composer  

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Jan 02   In the year 1861 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 06   In the year 1861 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   On this day in history birth of raymond Huntington Woodman, composer  

Jan 02   Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 18   In the year 1861 louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74  

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

Mar 14   On this day in history abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58