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   First meeting of Provisional Congress of Confederate States of America in the year 1861.  

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 in the year 1861.  

Feb 09   Jefferson Davis &Alexander Stephens elected president &Vice President of CSA in the year 1861.  

Feb 09   In the year 1861 tennessee votes against secession  

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

Feb 11   President-elect Lincoln takes train from Spingfield IL to Wash DC on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 18   Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74 in the year 1861.  

Feb 19   On this day in history russian Tsar Alexander II abolishes serfdom  

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

Feb 20   On this day in history dept of Navy of Confederacy forms  

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

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   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   Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959) was born in the year 1861.  

Jan 14   In the year 1861 birth of wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf)  

Jan 18   Hans Goldschmidt, German chemist was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1861.  

Jan 17   On this day in history death of lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)  

Jan 31   Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Feb 10   In the year 1861 francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies  

Feb 12   Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1861.  

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

Mar 10   Josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Mar 14   Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.