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1817
Nov 16
| 1817 • President James Madison vetoes John C. Calhoun's Bonus Bill. |
1856
Age: 38y
| 1856 • Taiping Rebellion: Shi Dakai arrives at Nanjing. |
1856
May 3
Age: 38y
| 1856 • Battle of Osawatomie: Proslavery forces defeat antislavery forces in Bleeding Kansas. |
1857
Age: 39y
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birth of childNicholas Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1857 • Sophia of Nassau marries the future King Oscar II of Sweden-Norway. |
1859
Age: 41y
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birth of childMary Malena Fisher Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1859 • The Tuscan National Assembly formally deposes the House of Habsburg-Lorraine; ending an ascendancy of 109 years. |
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 • Vladivostok is founded in Russia. |
1862
Aug 25
Age: 44y
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birth of childPeter Joseph Fisher Jr. Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1862 • John Gately Downey, 7th Governor of California, is succeeded by Amasa Leland Stanford. |
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Age: 45y
1863
Age: 45y
marriageKatherine Wiesen Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1863 • American Civil War – Battle of Jackson, Mississippi: Union General Ulysses S. Grant defeats Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston, opening the way for the Siege of Vicksburg. |
1864
Age: 46y
birth of childJohn M Fisher Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1864 • Death of John Clare, the Northamptonshire peasant poet (born 1793) in Northampton General Lunatic Asylum, England. |
1867
May
Age: 49y
birth of childCharles Fisher Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1867 • First performance of Johann Strauss II's waltz "The Blue Danube" (An der schönen blauen Donau) at a concert of the Vienna Men's Choral Association. Strauss adapts it into its popular purely orchestral version for the International Exposition in Paris later this year. |
1868
Feb 3
Age: 50y
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birth of childMatthew Fisher Sr. Sharon, Portage, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1868 • Thomas Spence declares himself president of the Republic of Manitoba; he soon alienates the locals. |
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 • The 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution, guaranteeing African-Americans the right to vote, is passed. |
1874
Mar
Age: 56y
birth of childFrederick Arthur Fisher Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1874 • Democrats gain control of the United States House of Representatives for the first time since 1860. |
1876
Age: 58y
birth of childWilliam B Fisher Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1876 • The prosecution of Arthur Tooth, an Anglican clergyman, for using ritualist practices begins. |
1879
Oct 22
Age: 61y
birth of childJoseph Fisher Sr. Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1879 • New York City's Gilmore's Garden is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt, and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue. |
1894
Nov 8
Age: 76y
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deathEau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ Died of Typhoid Fever 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1894 • New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts. |
1894
Nov
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burialEau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ Buried at Sacred Heart Cemetery 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1894 • Sir William Ramsay and Lord Rayleigh discover the first noble gas, argon. |