Page 3: 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 in the year 1861.   

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 in the year 1861.   

Feb 08   Confederate States of America organizes in Montgomery, Ala on this day in history.   

Feb 09   On this day in history confederate Provisional Congress declares all laws under the US Constitution were consistent with constitution of Confederate states   

Feb 09   On this day in history jefferson Davis & Alexander Stephens elected president & VP of CSA   

Feb 09   In the year 1861 jefferson Davis &Alexander Stephens elected president &Vice President of CSA   

Feb 09   Tennessee votes against secession on this day in history.   

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

Feb 11   On this day in history president-elect Lincoln takes train from Spingfield IL to Wash DC   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1861 state troops seize US munitions in Napoleon AK   

Feb 12   State troops seize US munitions in Napoleon, AK on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1861 colonel Bernard Irwin attacks &defeats hostile Chiricahua Indians   

Feb 13   In the year 1861 the first military action to result in Congressional Medal of Honor, Arizona   

Feb 13   In the year 1861 uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer (How I Became a Christian)   

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

Feb 15   Ft Point completed & garrisoned (but has never fired cannon in anger) on this day in history.   

Feb 18   Confederate President Jefferson Davis inaugurated at Montgomery AL on this day in history.   

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

Feb 18   In the year 1861 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   Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1861 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 in the year 1861.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer   

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   On this day in history 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   Raymond Huntington Woodman, composer was born in the year 1861.   

Jan 02   On this day in history frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65   

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   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   In the year 1861 josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67   

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