| Timeline |
| 1842 |
Born Edmund Fisk Green on 30 March |
| 1852 |
Father dies |
| 1855 |
Changes name to John Fisk |
| 1860 |
Adds final e to last name |
| 1860 |
Enters Harvard Law School |
| 1865 |
Graduates Harvard Law School |
| 1869 |
Awarded teaching position at Harvard |
| 1873 |
Visits England |
| 1874 |
Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy published |
| 1879 |
Darwinism and Other Essays published |
| 1884 |
Excursions of an Evolutionist published |
| 1886 |
The Idea of God as Affected by Modern Knowledge published |
| 1888 |
The Critical Period of American History, 1783–1789 published |
| 1889 |
The Beginnings of New England published |
| 1891 |
The American Revolution published |
| 1892 |
The Discovery of America published |
| 1897 |
Old Virginia and Her Neighbors published |
| 1899 |
Dutch and Quaker Colonies in America published |
| 1899 |
Through Nature to God published |
| 1900 |
The Mississippi Valley in the Civil War published |
| 1901 |
Dies 4 July |
| 1902 |
New France and New England published |
