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

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

Feb 08   In the year 1861 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   Jefferson Davis &Alexander Stephens elected president &Vice President of CSA in the year 1861.  

Feb 09   Tennessee votes against secession on this day in history.  

Feb 10   Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies in the year 1861.  

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

Feb 11   On this day in history 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   Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Feb 12   Lou [Andreas-]Salome, Russian/German author (Im Kampf um Gott) on this day in history.  

Feb 12   In the year 1861 state troops seize US munitions in Napoleon AK  

Feb 12   State troops seize US munitions in Napoleon, AK on this day in history.  

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

Feb 13   In the year 1861 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   On this day in history alfred North Whitehead, Engl mathematician/philosopher (Adv of Ideas)  

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

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

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

Feb 18   In the year 1861 king Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes first king of Italy  

Feb 18   On this day in history louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74  

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   On this day in history dept of Navy of Confederacy forms  

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   Pierre Breville, composer on this day in history.  

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

Jan 03   William Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904) was born in the year 1861.  

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 in the year 1861.  

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of hans Goldschmidt, German chemist  

Jan 18   In the year 1861 birth of raymond Huntington Woodman, composer  

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 in the year 1861.  

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

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