Peter S Fisher Sr.
enlarge profile image
Parents
Paul Fisher
Paul Fisher
1773 - 1823
Maria Schmitt
Maria Schmitt
1793 - 1855
Spouse
Katherine Wiesen
Katherine Wiesen
1831 - 1923
Elizabeth Pool
Elizabeth Pool
1832 - 1862
Children

1857


Age: 39y
1857 • In India, British forces recapture Delhi, compelling the surrender of Bahadur Shah II, the last Mughal emperor.

1860


Age: 42y

residence


Sharon, Portage, Wisconsin, USA ⇓
Peter Fisher bought land from the U.S. Government in 1860. This 40 acre purchase was in Section #31 of the Sharon Township (top of map, 2nd from right side).
1 Source ⇓
1860 • A new Māori revolt begins in New Zealand.

1862


Aug 25
Age: 44y
1862 • American Civil War – Battle of Chantilly: Confederate General Robert E. Lee leads his forces in an attack on retreating Union troops in Chantilly, Virginia, driving them away.
about

1863


Age: 45y
1863 • The Yorkshire County Cricket Club is founded at the Adelphi Hotel in Sheffield, England.

1867


May
Age: 49y
1867 • The Prohibition National Committee is formed in the United States.

1868


Feb 3
Age: 50y
1868 • Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock.

1870


Age: 52y
1870 • The Ohio Legislature passes the Cannon Act, thereby establishing the Ohio Agriculture and Mechanical College, later Ohio State University.

1870


Jun 15
Age: 52y
1870 • Military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.

1874


Mar
Age: 56y
1874 • The Agra canal opens in India.

1876


Age: 58y

1879


Oct 22
Age: 61y
1879 • Claimed apparition to local people at Knock in Ireland of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Joseph, Saint John the Evangelist and Jesus Christ (as the Lamb of God).

1894


Nov 8
Age: 76y
1894 • Oil is discovered on the Osage Indian reservation, making the Osage the "richest group of people in the world".

1894


Nov
1894 • The Owl Club of Cape Town, South Africa, a dining club, has its first formal meeting.

Tags