Birthdays
David Wyatt Aiken
Turns 33 on this date
Patrick Edward Connor
Turns 41 on this date
Moncure Daniel Conway
Turns 29 on this date
John Covode
Turns 53 on this date
Martin Jenkins Crawford
Turns 41 on this date
Thomas Morris Gunn
Turns 21 on this date
Jacob Hoke
Turns 36 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Washington, DC, the United States Senate is sitting in Special Session |
03/04/1861 to 03/28/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond |
02/13/1861 to 05/01/1861 |
| US/the World | Victor Emmanuel II signs the declaration of the new united kingdom of Italy | 03/17/1861 |