Historical Events In 1861

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

Feb 06   English Admiral Robert Ritzroy issues first storm warnings for ships in the year 1861.  

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

Feb 08   Confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery AL on this day in history.  

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

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   Jefferson Davis & Alexander Stephens elected president & VP of CSA in the year 1861.  

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   On this day in history francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies  

Feb 11   On this day in history president-elect Lincoln takes train from Spingfield IL to Wash DC  

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   On this day in history 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   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   Abraham Lincoln declared President in the year 1861.  

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

Feb 13   The first military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, Arizona on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1861.  

Feb 18   On this day in history 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   Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom on this day in history.  

Feb 19   Russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom [NS=Mar 3] on this day in history.  

Feb 20   Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms in the year 1861.  

Feb 20   Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist on this day in history.  

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   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   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   In the year 1861 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   On this day in history death of lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)  

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

Feb 10   On this day in history francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies  

Feb 12   Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1861.  

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