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1870
Jun 15
| 1870 • The British government admits the former Hudson's Bay Company territory of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory to the Dominion of Canada. |
1870
Age: 6m
| 1870 • Syracuse University is established and officially opens. |
1891
Jul 20
Age: 21y
marriageMary Candell Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ Married in St. Patrick's Church |
| 1891 • Drexel University is founded as the Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry. |
1892
Sep 19
Age: 22y
birth of childEdward Thomas Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1892 • The Newcastle East End F.C. is renamed Newcastle United F.C., following the demise of the Newcastle West End F.C. and East End's move to St James' Park, formerly West End's home, in the north east of England. |
1894
May 1
Age: 23y
birth of childFrancis Joseph Fisher Jr. Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1894 • The Tower Bridge in London opens for traffic. |
1896
Jan 13
Age: 25y
birth of childAnastasia Mary Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1896 • The shortest war in recorded history, the Anglo-Zanzibar War, starts at 9 in the morning and lasts for 45 minutes of shelling. |
1897
Sep 20
Age: 27y
birth of childWilliam Mathew Peter Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1897 • April 15 Drillers near Bartlesville, Oklahoma, strike oil for the first time in the designated "Indian Territory", on land leased from the Osage Indians. The gusher, at the Nellie Johnstone Number One well, leads to rapid population growth.W. David Baird and Danney Goble, The Story of Oklahoma (University of Oklahoma Press, 1994) p8 |
1899
Jul 12
Age: 29y
birth of childCatherine Loretta Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1899 • The Philippine–American War begins as hostilities break out in Manila. |
1901
Feb 7
Age: 30y
birth of childLeone Marguerite Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1901 • Edward VII opens his first parliament of the United Kingdom. |
1902
Sep 11
Age: 32y
birth of childMary Cecelia Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1902 • American writer John Steinbeck is born. |
1904
Jun 28
Age: 34y
birth of childJohn Sylvester Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1904 • A Japanese surprise attack on Port Arthur (Lushun) starts the Russo-Japanese War. |
1906
Nov 7
Age: 36y
birth of childArthur Benedict Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1906 • An aeroplane of Alberto Santos-Dumont takes off at Bagatelle in France and flies 60 meters (200 feet). This is the first officially recorded powered flight in Europe. |
1908
Nov 18
Age: 38y
birth of childVeronica Ellen Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1908 • Henry Ford produces his first Model T automobile. |
1920
Age: 49y
| 1920 • Irish War of Independence: The Restoration of Order in Ireland Act, passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, receives Royal Assent, providing for Irish Republican Army activists to be tried by court-martial rather than by jury in criminal courts. |
1949
Apr 20
Age: 78y
| 1949 • The Council of Europe is founded by the signing of the Treaty of London. |