Page 2: Historical Events In 1861

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

Jan 15   In the year 1861 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   Flush toilet patented by Mr Thomas Crapper (Honest!) in the year 1861.   

Jan 18   American Civil War on this day in history.   

Jan 18   On this day in history georgia joins the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War.   

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

Jan 19   In the year 1861 georgia becomes 5th state to secede   

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

Jan 19   In the year 1861 georgia seceded from the Union.   

Jan 19   MS troops take Fort Massachusetts an Ship Island in the year 1861.   

Jan 21   Jefferson Davis of Mississippi & 4 other southern senators resign in the year 1861.   

Jan 21   Mississippi Sen. Jefferson Davis resigned from the U.S. Senate, 12 days before Mississippi seceded from the Union in the year 1861.   

Jan 22   On this day in history karel Stecker, composer   

Jan 23   On this day in history agoston Haraszthy, first vintner in Sonoma Valley, imports 100,000 cuttings of 350 varieties from Europe   

Jan 24   Arsenal at Augusta GA seized by Confederacy in the year 1861.   

Jan 24   In the year 1861 arsenal at Augusta, Ga seized by Confederacy   

Jan 24   On this day in history federal troops from Fort Monroe are sent to Fort Pikens   

Jan 26   On this day in history louisiana becomes 6th state to secede   

Jan 29   On this day in history kansas becomes 34th state   

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   Franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53 in the year 1861.   

Jan 31   Friedrich Hebbel's "Siegfrieds Tod," premieres in Weimar in the year 1861.   

Jan 31   In the year 1861 state of Louisiana takes over US Mint at New Orleans   

Feb 01   Dike breaks in Gelderland Netherlands on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Texas votes to secede from the Union in the year 1861.   

Feb 02   On this day in history mehmed VI, last sultan of Ottoman Empire (1918-22)   

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   On this day in history confederate constitutional convention meets for first time, Montgomery AL, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi &South Carolina elect Jefferson Davis President of Confederacy   

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

Feb 05   In the year 1861 first moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale   

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   In the year 1861 birth of helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12)   

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   On this day in history birth of max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)   

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 in the year 1861.   

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   In the year 1861 death of lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)   

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

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

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

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

Mar 10   Josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1861.   

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