Page 2: Historical Events In 1861

Jan 14   Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf) in the year 1861.   

Jan 15   On this day in history steam elevator patented by Elisha Otis   

Jan 17   On this day in history flush toilet (with seperate water tank and a pull chain) patented by Mr Thomas Crapper (Honest!)   

Jan 17   On this day in history flush toilet patented by Mr Thomas Crapper (Honest!)   

Jan 18   On this day in history american Civil War   

Jan 18   In the year 1861 georgia joins the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War.   

Jan 18   On this day in history hans Goldschmidt, German chemist   

Jan 19   Georgia becomes 5th state to secede in the year 1861.   

Jan 19   On this day in history georgia joins the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War.   

Jan 19   On this day in history georgia seceded from the Union.   

Jan 19   On this day in history mS troops take Fort Massachusetts an Ship Island   

Jan 21   On this day in history jefferson Davis of Mississippi & 4 other southern senators resign   

Jan 21   On this day in history mississippi Sen. Jefferson Davis resigned from the U.S. Senate, 12 days before Mississippi seceded from the Union.   

Jan 22   In the year 1861 karel Stecker, composer   

Jan 23   In the year 1861 agoston Haraszthy, first vintner in Sonoma Valley, imports 100,000 cuttings of 350 varieties from Europe   

Jan 24   On this day in history arsenal at Augusta GA seized by Confederacy   

Jan 24   Arsenal at Augusta, Ga seized by Confederacy on this day in history.   

Jan 24   Federal troops from Fort Monroe are sent to Fort Pikens in the year 1861.   

Jan 26   Louisiana becomes 6th state to secede in the year 1861.   

Jan 29   Kansas becomes 34th state on this day in history.   

Jan 29   Kansas becomes the 34th state of the Union in the year 1861.   

Jan 30   Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, Mulhouse Alsace, composer on this day in history.   

Jan 31   On this day in history franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53   

Jan 31   Friedrich Hebbel's "Siegfrieds Tod," premieres in Weimar on this day in history.   

Jan 31   On this day in history state of Louisiana takes over US Mint at New Orleans   

Feb 01   In the year 1861 dike breaks in Gelderland Netherlands   

Feb 01   Texas votes to secede from the Union on this day in history.   

Feb 02   Mehmed VI, last sultan of Ottoman Empire (1918-22) on this day in history.   

Feb 04   On this day in history confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time, Montgomery Ala, Ga, Fla, La, Miss & SC elect Jefferson Davis pres of Confederacy   

Feb 04   Confederate constitutional convention meets for first time, Montgomery AL, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi &South Carolina elect Jefferson Davis President of Confederacy in the year 1861.   

Feb 05   1st moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale on this day in history.   

Feb 05   First moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale on this day in history.   

Feb 05   In the year 1861 kinematoscope patented by Coleman Sellers, Philadelphia PA   

Feb 05   On this day in history louisiana delegation except Mr Bouligny withdraws from Congress   

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Jan 02   Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12) was born in the year 1861.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of william Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904)   

Jan 06   Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer was born in the year 1861.   

Jan 06   George Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940) was born in the year 1861.   

Jan 13   On this day in history 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   Raymond Huntington Woodman, composer was born on this day in history.   

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