♂ 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 Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.

1870


Age: 6m
1870 • The Chicago Base Ball Club, later to be known as the Chicago White Stockings, and ultimately the Chicago Cubs, play their first game against the St. Louis Unions of the National Association of Base Ball Players, an amateur league.

1891


Jul 20
Age: 21y

marriage


Mary 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

1894


May 1
Age: 23y
1894 • The Tower Bridge in London opens for traffic.

1896


Jan 13
Age: 25y
1896 Plessy v. Ferguson: The U.S. Supreme Court introduces the "separate but equal" doctrine and upholds racial segregation.

1897


Sep 20
Age: 27y
1897 • A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the Oba of Benin. This leads to a punitive expedition against Benin.

1899


Jul 12
Age: 29y
1899 Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag is registered for copyright as ragtime music enjoys mainstream popularity in the United States.

1901


Feb 7
Age: 30y
1901 • The okapi is observed for the first time (previously known only to local natives).

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 Union Minière du Haut Katanga, a Belgian mining trust, is created in the Congo.

1908


Nov 18
Age: 38y
1908 Henry Ford produces his first Model T automobile.

1920


Age: 49y

1949


Apr 20
Age: 78y
1949 Fernand Braudel's La Méditerranée et le Monde Méditerranéen à l'Epoque de Philippe II is published.

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