Peter S Fisher Sr.
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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

1856


May 3
Age: 38y

1859


Age: 41y
1859 • The Tuscan National Assembly formally deposes the House of Habsburg-Lorraine; ending an ascendancy of 109 years.

1860


Age: 42y

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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).
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1860 • A new uprising erupts in Palermo.

1862


Aug 25
Age: 44y
1862 • American Civil War: The U.S. federal government forbids all Union army officers from returning fugitive slaves, thus effectively annulling the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and setting the stage for the Emancipation Proclamation.
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1863


Age: 45y
1863 • King Christian IX of Denmark signs the November constitution, which declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark, regarded by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol of 1852, leading to the German–Danish war of 1864.

1864


Age: 46y
1864 U.S. presidential election, 1864: Abraham Lincoln is reelected in an overwhelming victory over George B. McClellan.

1867


May
Age: 49y
1867 • I.C. Sorosis, the first women's fraternity (sorority) founded upon the men's fraternity model, with Pi Beta Phi as its motto, is founded at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois. In 1888, the motto becomes the name of the organization.

1868


Feb 3
Age: 50y
1868 • The Battle of Moturoa in New Zealand ends in a British defeat due to an underestimate of Titokowaru and his fortifications. Heavy causality's for the colonial army and light causality's for the Māori Defenders.

1870


Jun 15
Age: 52y
1870 • It is revealed that the famed Cardiff Giant is just carved gypsum and not the petrified remains of a human.

1874


Mar
Age: 56y
1874 • The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party, made primarily of farmers financially hurt by the Panic of 1873.

1876


Age: 58y
1876 Stockport Lacrosse Club is founded at Cale Green Cricket Club Davenport, Greater Manchester where they still play to this day. Stockport Lacrosse Club are thought to be the oldest existing lacrosse club in the world.

1879


Oct 22
Age: 61y
1879 Anglo-Zulu War begins.

1894


Nov 8
Age: 76y
1894 • The Owl Club of Cape Town, South Africa, a dining club, has its first formal meeting.

1894


Nov
1894 • Chatham Episcopal Institute (now known as Chatham Hall ) is founded in Chatham Virginia, U.S.

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