Historical Events In 1861

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

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

Feb 08   On this day in history 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   In the year 1861 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   In the year 1861 tennessee votes against secession  

Feb 10   Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 11   On this day in history 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   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   State troops seize US munitions in Napoleon AK on this day in history.  

Feb 12   On this day in history state troops seize US munitions in Napoleon, AK  

Feb 13   1st military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, AZ on this day in history.  

Feb 13   In the year 1861 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   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   Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery AL in the year 1861.  

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   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   Navaho Indians elect Herrero Grande as chief on this day in history.  

Feb 21   On this day in history pierre Breville, composer  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer was born on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1861 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   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 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   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   In the year 1861 abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58