Historical Events In 1861

Jan 14   Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf) in the year 1861.   

Jan 15   Steam elevator patented by Elisha Otis on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Flush toilet (with seperate water tank and a pull chain) patented by Mr Thomas Crapper (Honest!) on this day in history.   

Jan 17   In the year 1861 flush toilet patented by Mr Thomas Crapper (Honest!)   

Jan 18   On this day in history american Civil War   

Jan 18   Georgia joins the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War in the year 1861.   

Jan 18   In the year 1861 hans Goldschmidt, German chemist   

Jan 19   Georgia becomes 5th state to secede on this day in history.   

Jan 19   In the year 1861 georgia joins the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War.   

Jan 19   Georgia seceded from the Union in the year 1861.   

Jan 19   MS troops take Fort Massachusetts an Ship Island on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Jefferson Davis of Mississippi & 4 other southern senators resign in the year 1861.   

Jan 21   Mississippi Sen. Jefferson Davis resigned from the U.S. Senate, 12 days before Mississippi seceded from the Union in the year 1861.   

Jan 22   Karel Stecker, composer on this day in history.   

Jan 23   Agoston Haraszthy, first vintner in Sonoma Valley, imports 100,000 cuttings of 350 varieties from Europe on this day in history.   

Jan 24   Arsenal at Augusta GA seized by Confederacy on this day in history.   

Jan 24   Arsenal at Augusta, Ga seized by Confederacy in the year 1861.   

Jan 24   Federal troops from Fort Monroe are sent to Fort Pikens in the year 1861.   

Jan 26   In the year 1861 louisiana becomes 6th state to secede   

Jan 29   Kansas becomes 34th state in the year 1861.   

Jan 29   Kansas becomes the 34th state of the Union in the year 1861.   

Jan 30   On this day in history charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, Mulhouse Alsace, composer   

Jan 31   Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

Jan 31   Friedrich Hebbel's "Siegfrieds Tod," premieres in Weimar on this day in history.   

Jan 31   On this day in history state of Louisiana takes over US Mint at New Orleans   

Feb 01   In the year 1861 dike breaks in Gelderland Netherlands   

Feb 01   On this day in history texas votes to secede from the Union.   

Feb 02   On this day in history mehmed VI, last sultan of Ottoman Empire (1918-22)   

Feb 04   On this day in history confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time, Montgomery Ala, Ga, Fla, La, Miss & SC elect Jefferson Davis pres of Confederacy   

Feb 04   On this day in history confederate constitutional convention meets for first time, Montgomery AL, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi &South Carolina elect Jefferson Davis President of Confederacy   

Feb 05   On this day in history 1st moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale   

Feb 05   First moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale on this day in history.   

Feb 05   On this day in history kinematoscope patented by Coleman Sellers, Philadelphia PA   

Feb 05   In the year 1861 louisiana delegation except Mr Bouligny withdraws from Congress   

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

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

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   Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 18   In the year 1861 birth of hans Goldschmidt, German chemist   

Jan 18   Raymond Huntington Woodman, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 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   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   Josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1861.   

Mar 14   Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.