♂ Francis Joseph Fisher Sr.

1870 - 1949

 

Frank

Francis Joseph Fisher Sr.
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Parents
Peter S Fisher Sr.
Peter S Fisher Sr.
1817 - 1894
Katherine Wiesen
Katherine Wiesen
1831 - 1923
Spouse
Mary Candell
Mary Candell
1868 - 1934
Children
Siblings

1870


Jun 15

1891


Jul 20
Age: 21y

marriage


Mary Candell
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓
Married in St. Patrick's Church
1891 • Brahmin teacher and nationalist Bal Gangadhar Tilak begins agitation for Indian home Rule.

1894


May 1
Age: 23y
1894 Manchester City Football Club is formed in England.

1896


Jan 13
Age: 25y
1896 Oscar Wilde's play Salomé premieres in Paris.

1897


Sep 20
Age: 27y
1897 • The Battle of Saragarhi: Twenty-one Sikhs of the 36th Sikh of the Sikh Regiment of British India, defend an army post against 10,000 Afghan and Orakzai tribesmen. The battle occurs in the North-West Frontier Province Afghanistan, now a part of Pakistan, which then formed part of British India.

1899


Jul 12
Age: 29y
1899 Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed. It is disbanded in 1956.

1901


Feb 7
Age: 30y

1902


Sep 11
Age: 32y
1902 • Completion of Paul Doumer Bridge linking both sections of Hanoi.

1904


Jun 28
Age: 34y
1904 British expedition to Tibet: The British expedition under Colonel Francis Younghusband takes Lhasa in Tibet.

1906


Nov 7
Age: 36y
1906 • The first Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning is held, starting in Paris. The winning team, piloting the balloon United States, lands in Fylingdales, Yorkshire, England.

1908


Nov 18
Age: 38y
1908 Emile Cohl makes the first fully animated film, Fantasmagorie.

1949


Apr 20
Age: 78y
1949 November 17 Second trial of Alger Hiss begins in New York, again with Whittaker Chambers as principal witness

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