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


Age: 38y
1856 Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina beats Senator Charles Sumner with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate, for a speech Sumner had made attacking Southerners who sympathized with the pro-slavery violence in Kansas ("Bleeding Kansas"). Sumner is unable to return to duty for 3 years while he recovers; Brooks becomes a hero across the South.

1856


May 3
Age: 38y
1856 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom gives Norfolk Island to the population of the colony at Pitcairn Island, most being descendants of the Mutiny on the Bounty. They first settle on Norfolk Island on June 8.

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).
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1860 • The American South has c. 4 million slaves.

1862


Aug 25
Age: 44y
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1863


Age: 45y
1863 American Civil War: Battle of Bristoe Station – Confederate General Robert E. Lee forces fail to drive the Union army out of Virginia.

1864


Age: 46y

1867


May
Age: 49y
1867 Gorse is naturalised in New Zealand, where it soon becomes the worst invasive weed.

1870


Jun 15
Age: 52y
1870 • Just one of the 916 members of the Indian Civil Service is Indian.

1874


Mar
Age: 56y
1874 • The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first newspaper.

1876


Age: 58y
1876 • The Settle-Carlisle Railway in England is opened to passenger traffic.

1879


Oct 22
Age: 61y
1879 Henrik Ibsen's controversial drama A Doll's House premières at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen (having been first published on December 4 in the city).

1894


Nov 8
Age: 76y
1894 • The barque Elisabeth Rickmers of Bremerhaven is wrecked at Haurvig, Denmark, but all crew and passengers are saved.

1894


Nov
1894 • Major Republican landslide in the United States House of Representatives elections, which sets the stage for the decisive presidential election of 1896.

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