Historical Events In 1861

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 09   Confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the US Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate states on this day in history.   

Feb 09   On this day in history 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   Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies in the year 1861.   

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

Feb 12   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 13   On this day in history uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer (How I Became a Christian)   

Feb 15   In the year 1861 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   In the year 1861 confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery AL   

Feb 18   In the year 1861 confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery Ala   

Feb 18   On this day in history king Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes first king of Italy   

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

Feb 19   In the year 1861 russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom   

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

Feb 20   Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms on this day in history.   

Feb 20   On this day in history nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist   

Feb 21   Navaho Indians elect Herrero Grande as chief in the year 1861.   

Feb 21   On this day in history pierre Breville, composer   

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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 in the year 1861.   

Jan 06   In the year 1861 birth of heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer   

Jan 06   In the year 1861 birth of george Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940)   

Jan 13   Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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   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 on this day in history.   

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