Peter Joseph Fisher Jr.
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Parents
Peter S Fisher Sr.
Peter S Fisher Sr.
1817 - 1894
Elizabeth Pool
Elizabeth Pool
1832 - 1862
Spouse
Louisa Wehrle
Louisa Wehrle
1873 - 1944
Children
Siblings

1862


Aug 25
1862 Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Lakota Sioux attack white settlements along the Minnesota River. They are overwhelmed by the U.S. Army six weeks later.

1890


Sep 6
Age: 28y

1891


Jul 18
Age: 28y
1891 • The London-Paris telephone system is opened to the general public.

1893


May 4
Age: 30y
1893 • Standing ovation to Hindu monk Swami Vivekanda for his address in Response to the welcome at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago.

1898


Feb 19
Age: 35y
1898 Spanish-American War – Battle of Santiago Bay: Troops under United States General William R. Shafter take the city of Santiago de Cuba from the Spanish.

1904


Apr 9
Age: 41y
1904 Theodore Roosevelt announced his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.

1918


May 17
Age: 55y
1918 • The Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen is granted independence from the Ottoman Empire by the Armistice of Mudros.

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