Historical Events In 1861

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

Feb 06   In the year 1861 english Admiral Robert Ritzroy issues first storm warnings for ships  

Feb 06   In the year 1861 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   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   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   Tennessee votes against secession on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history uS House unanimously passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state  

Feb 12   In the year 1861 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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 13   On this day in history colonel Bernard Irwin attacks &defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians  

Feb 13   In the year 1861 the first military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, Arizona  

Feb 13   In the year 1861 uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer (How I Became a Christian)  

Feb 15   Alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher (Adv of Ideas) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 in the year 1861.  

Feb 19   On this day in history russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom  

Feb 19   In the year 1861 russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [NS=Mar 3]  

Feb 20   In the year 1861 dept of Navy of Confederacy forms  

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   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 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   In the year 1861 birth of max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)  

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf)  

Jan 18   Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist was born on this day in history.  

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

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   On this day in history 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   Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74 in the year 1861.  

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