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 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery, Ala  

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   On this day in history tennessee votes against secession  

Feb 10   On this day in history 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   US House unanimously passes resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state on this day in history.  

Feb 12   In the year 1861 hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72  

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

Feb 12   State troops seize US munitions in Napoleon AK in the year 1861.  

Feb 12   State troops seize US munitions in Napoleon, AK in the year 1861.  

Feb 13   In the year 1861 1st military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, AZ  

Feb 13   On this day in history abraham Lincoln declared President  

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   Uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer (How I Became a Christian) in the year 1861.  

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

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 in the year 1861.  

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

Feb 18   King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes first king of Italy in the year 1861.  

Feb 18   Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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   Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms in the year 1861.  

Feb 20   Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist in the year 1861.  

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

Feb 21   Pierre Breville, composer in the year 1861.  

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Jan 02   Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12) was born on this day in history.  

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   George Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 13   In the year 1861 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   Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist was born in the year 1861.  

Jan 18   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

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   On this day in history josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67  

Mar 14   Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1861.