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1870
Jun 15
| 1870 • It is revealed that the famed Cardiff Giant is just carved gypsum and not the petrified remains of a human. |
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 • 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
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birth of childEdward Thomas Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1892 • Ernest Louis, a grandson of Queen Victoria, becomes Grand Duke of Hesse and the Rhine on the death of his father, Grand Duke Louis IV. |
1894
May 1
Age: 23y
birth of childFrancis Joseph Fisher Jr. Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 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
birth of childAnastasia Mary Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1896 • Wilfrid Laurier becomes Canada's seventh prime minister and the first French-speaker to hold that office. |
1897
Sep 20
Age: 27y
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birth of childWilliam Mathew Peter Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1897 • The First Zionist Congress convenes in Basel, Switzerland. |
1899
Jul 12
Age: 29y
birth of childCatherine Loretta Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 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
birth of childLeone Marguerite Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1901 • German Oscar Troplowitz invents for German company Beiersdorf AG the medical plaster patch called Leukoplast. |
1902
Sep 11
Age: 32y
birth of childMary Cecelia Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1902 • The Berlin U-Bahn underground is opened. |
1904
Jun 28
Age: 34y
birth of childJohn Sylvester Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1904 • The Herero Rebellion in German South-West Africa begins. |
1906
Nov 7
Age: 36y
birth of childArthur Benedict Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 1906 • The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunization for tuberculosis is first developed. |
1908
Nov 18
Age: 38y
birth of childVeronica Ellen Fisher Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA ⇓ |
| 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 |