♂ Francis Joseph Fisher Sr.

1870 - 1949

 

Frank

Francis Joseph Fisher Sr.
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Parents
Peter S Fisher Sr.
Peter S Fisher Sr.
1817 - 1894
Katherine Wiesen
Katherine Wiesen
1831 - 1923
Spouse
Mary Candell
Mary Candell
1868 - 1934
Children
Siblings

1870


Jun 15
1870 • It is revealed that the famed Cardiff Giant is just carved gypsum and not the petrified remains of a human.

1891


Jul 20
Age: 21y

marriage


Mary Candell
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓
Married in St. Patrick's Church
1891 • In the Kuperovskaya district of Vladivostok, a grand ceremonial inauguration of construction work on the Trans-Siberian Railway is carried out by the Tsesarevich Nikolay Alexandrovich and a religious service held.

1892


Sep 19
Age: 22y

1894


May 1
Age: 23y
1894 • War is declared between the Qing Empire of China and the Empire of Japan, over their rival claims of influence on their common ally, the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. The event marks the start of the first Sino-Japanese War.

1896


Jan 13
Age: 25y
1896 Wilfrid Laurier becomes Canada's seventh prime minister and the first French-speaker to hold that office.

1899


Jul 12
Age: 29y
1899 Mile-a-Minute Murphy earns his nickname after he becomes the first man to ride a bicycle for one mile (1.6 km) in under a minute on Long Island.

1901


Feb 7
Age: 30y
1901 • German Oscar Troplowitz invents for German company Beiersdorf AG the medical plaster patch called Leukoplast.

1902


Sep 11
Age: 32y
1902 • The Berlin U-Bahn underground is opened.

1904


Jun 28
Age: 34y

1906


Nov 7
Age: 36y
1906 • The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunization for tuberculosis is first developed.

1908


Nov 18
Age: 38y
1908 King Leopold II of Belgium formally relinquishes his personal control of the Congo Free State to Belgium (becoming Belgian Congo) following evidence collected by Roger Casement of maladministration.

1920


Age: 49y
1920 League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.

1949


Apr 20
Age: 78y
1949 Foley Square trial of Eugene Dennis and ten other CPUSA leaders ends in New York City (until then, the longest trial in US history); all defendants are found guilty and all but one sentenced to five years of prison

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