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1856
Age: 38y
| 1856 • Seton Hall University is founded by Archdiocese of Newark Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley, a cousin of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and nephew of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. |
1856
May 3
Age: 38y
| 1856 • The Great Train Wreck (the worst railroad calamity in the world to date) occurs near Philadelphia, PA, USA. |
1857
Age: 39y
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birth of childNicholas Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1857 • Elisha Otis' first elevator is installed (at 488 Broadway, New York City). |
1859
Age: 41y
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birth of childMary Malena Fisher Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1859 • Austro-Sardinian War – Battle of Magenta: The French and Sardinians defeat the Austrians. |
1860
Age: 42y
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residenceSharon, Portage, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ Peter Fisher bought land from the U.S. Government in 1860. This 40 acre purchase was in Section #31 of the Sharon Township (top of map, 2nd from right side). 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1860 • The German association football club TSV 1860 München is founded. |
1862
Aug 25
Age: 44y
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birth of childPeter Joseph Fisher Jr. Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1862 • 29 – American Civil War – Battle of Chickasaw Bayou: Another victory for the Confederate Army, outnumbered two to one, results in six times as many Union casualties, defeating several assaults commanded by the Union general, William T. Sherman. |
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Age: 45y
1863
Age: 45y
marriageKatherine Wiesen Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1863 • Samuel Butler's dystopian article "Darwin among the Machines" is published (as by "Cellarius") in The Press newspaper in Christchurch, New Zealand; it will be incorporated into his novel Erewhon (1872). |
1864
Age: 46y
birth of childJohn M Fisher Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1864 • American Civil War – Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, West Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners. |
1867
May
Age: 49y
birth of childCharles Fisher Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1867 • Architect Frank Lloyd Wright is born in Richland Center, Wisconsin. |
1868
Feb 3
Age: 50y
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birth of childMatthew Fisher Sr. Sharon, Portage, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1868 • In New York City the Jolly Corks organization is renamed the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE). |
1870
Age: 52y
| 1870 • Death of English novelist Charles Dickens at Gads Hill Place in Kent, leaving his last book The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished. |
1870
Jun 15
Age: 52y
birth of childFrancis Joseph Fisher Sr. Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1870 • In the United States, the newly created Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast: "High winds at Chicago and Milwaukee... and along the Lakes". |
1874
Mar
Age: 56y
birth of childFrederick Arthur Fisher Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1874 • The flag of Estonia is adopted as the flag of the Estonian Students Society in Otepää. |
1876
Age: 58y
birth of childWilliam B Fisher Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1876 • Premiere of first stage production of the verse-play Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen with incidental music by Edvard Grieg, in Oslo (then called Christiania), Norway |
1879
Oct 22
Age: 61y
birth of childJoseph Fisher Sr. Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1879 • A fire in The Octagon, Dunedin claims 12 victims in New Zealand. |
1894
Nov 8
Age: 76y
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deathEau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ Died of Typhoid Fever 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1894 • The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne, Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin. |
1894
Nov
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burialEau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ Buried at Sacred Heart Cemetery 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1894 • Dreyfus affair: French Army officer Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying. |