19 May 1870 (+) is born in Washington, United States.

14 July 1924 (-) abducted, sexually assaulted and strangled Francis McDonnell in New York, United States.

11 February 1927 (-) abducted, strangled, cut to pieces, roasted and partly eaten William Gaffney in New York, United States.

3 June 1928 (-) abducted Grace Budd in New York, United States.

21 July 1928 (x) is arrested for grand larceny in New York, United States.

22 August 1928 (x) is arrested for petty larceny in New York, United States.

6 February 1930 (x) marries Estella Wilcox in Waterloo, United States.

2 May 1930 (x) is arrested for vagrancy in Newark, United States.

15 December 1930 (x) is committed to the Bellevue Hospital for a 10-day observation after sending obscenities through the mail in New York City, United States.

15 February 1932 (-) presumably abducted and killed Mary Ellen O’Connor in New York, United States.

12 December 1934 (x) is arrested in a rooming house in New York, United States.

28 December 1934 (x) X-rays of the pelvic region of Fish reveal 27 needles scattered thoughout the area of his groin and lower abdomen in Valhalla, United States.

11 March 1935 (x) Start of the trial against Fish in White Plains, United States.

24 March 1935 (x) confesses to the 8-year-old murder of Bill Gaffney, whose ears, nose and pieces of his face and belly he made into a stew in White Plains, United States.

25 March 1935 (x) is sentenced to die in the Electric Chair in White Plains, United States.

16 January 1936 (-) is executed by Old Sparky in Ossining, United States.