Peter S Fisher Sr.
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Parents
Paul Fisher
Paul Fisher
1773 - 1823
Maria Schmitt
Maria Schmitt
1793 - 1855
Spouse
Katherine Wiesen
Katherine Wiesen
1831 - 1923
Elizabeth Pool
Elizabeth Pool
1832 - 1862
Children

1857


Age: 39y
1857 Indian rebellion of 1857: The 3rd Light Cavalry of the British East India Company's army rebels against its British officers, thus beginning the rebellion.

1859


Age: 41y
1859 • The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse is lighted for the first time (its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for 19 miles).

1860


Age: 42y

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Sharon, 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).
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1860 • Assisted by the British navy, the troops of Giuseppe Garibaldi cross from Sicily to the Italian mainland.

1862


Aug 25
Age: 44y
1862 • In the Granadine Confederation, rebel troops of the southern states defeat government forces.
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1863


Age: 45y
1863 • Beginning of Second Anglo-Ashanti war.

1864


Age: 46y
1864 • The Clifton Suspension Bridge across the River Avon (Bristol) in England, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and completed as a memorial to him, opens to traffic.

1867


May
Age: 49y

1868


Feb 3
Age: 50y
1868 • The Yangzhou riot in China targets a station of the China Inland Mission, and nearly leads to war between Britain and China.

1870


Age: 52y
1870 • The Ohio Legislature passes the Cannon Act, thereby establishing the Ohio Agriculture and Mechanical College, later Ohio State University.

1870


Jun 15
Age: 52y
1870 Anaheim, California is incorporated.

1874


Mar
Age: 56y
1874 • The Gamma Phi Beta sorority is founded at Syracuse University. This is the first women's Greek letter organization to be called a sorority.

1876


Age: 58y
1876 • The Bulgarian April uprising occurs.

1879


Oct 22
Age: 61y
1879 Sidney Faithorn Green, a priest in the Church of England, is tried and convicted for using Ritualist practices.

1894


Nov 8
Age: 76y

1894


Nov
1894 • The Owl Club of Cape Town, South Africa, a dining club, has its first formal meeting.

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