Parents
Spouse
Children
1813
Oct 17
1813 • Mexican War of Independence – Battle of Rosillo Creek: The Republican Army of the North defeats the Spanish Royalist Army in present-day Bexar County, Texas. |
1837
Apr 3
Age: 23y
birth of childMary Jane Switzer Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ It mentions her birthplace was "Cherry Run". 1 Source ⇓ |
1837 • The French army besieges and captures Constantine in French Algeria. |
1839
Aug 11
Age: 25y
birth of childWilliam Hamilton Switzer Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1839 • The Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia. |
1840
Age: 26y
1840 • The first known picture of Niagara Falls is taken by Hugh Lee Pattinson. |
1843
Mar 1
Age: 29y
birth of childElsinda Switzer Clarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1843 • Antarctic explorer James Clark Ross discovers Snow Hill Island. |
1849
Nov 15
Age: 36y
birth of childJohn Harvey Switzer Toby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
1849 • The new Roman Republic is proclaimed. |
1850
Age: 36y
residenceToby, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ Susannah Crick's brother Henry Crick is living next door. There is also a Peter Crick living nearby. 1 Source ⇓ |
1850 • The American System of Watch Manufacturing starts in Roxbury, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (the Waltham Watch Company). |
1862
Dec 28
Age: 49y
deathClarion County, Pennsylvania, USA ⇓ He was buried at Rimersburg Cemetery. 1 Source ⇓ |
1862 • American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves the plan by General Ambrose Burnside to capture the Confederate capital city of Richmond, Virginia. This plan leads to a disastrous Union defeat at the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13). |