♀ Katherine Wiesen

1831 - 1923

Katherine Wiesen
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Spouse
Peter S Fisher Sr.
Peter S Fisher Sr.
1817 - 1894
Children
John M Fisher
John M Fisher
1864 - 1930
Charles Fisher
Charles Fisher
1867 - 1947
Matthew Fisher Sr.
Matthew Fisher Sr.
1868 - 1936
Joseph Fisher Sr.
Joseph Fisher Sr.
1879 - 1935

1831


Dec 8
1831 • After a bloody battle with the military causing 600 casualties, rebellious silkworkers seize Lyon, France, beginning the First Canut Revolt.
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1863


Age: 30y

1864


Age: 31y
1864 • The Second Schleswig War is concluded. Denmark renounces all claim to Schleswig, Holstein, and Lauenburg, which come under Prussian and Austrian administration.

1868


Feb 3
Age: 36y
1868 New Zealand officially adopts nationally observed standard time, and is perhaps the first country to do so.

1870


Age: 37y

1870


Jun 15
Age: 38y
1870 Christmas is declared a federal holiday in the United States.

1874


Mar
Age: 42y
1874 Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a U.S. patent for blue jeans with copper rivets. The price is $13.50 per dozen.

1876


Age: 43y
1876 • Reichstadt Agreement: Russia and Austria-Hungary agree on partitioning the Balkan peninsula.

1879


Oct 22
Age: 47y
1879 • The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold for the first time since the American Civil War.

1920


Age: 87y
1920 • Thousands of unemployed demonstrate in London; 50 are injured.

1923


May 17
Age: 91y
1923 • The Grouping: All major British railway companies are grouped into four larger companies, under terms of the Railways Act 1921.

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