 President Franklin Pierce Timeline
Important Dates, World and National Events During His Lifetime
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| 1804 |
(Nov. 23) Born in Hillsboro, N.H. |
| 1833 |
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. |
| 1834 |
(Nov. 10) Married Jane Means Appleton. |
| 1836 |
Son Franklin was born |
| 1836 |
Son Franklin died |
| 1837 |
Elected to the United States Senate. |
| 1839 |
Son Frank was born |
| 1841 |
Son Benjamin was born |
| 1847 |
Served as brigadier general in the Mexican War. |
| 1852 |
Elected President of the United States. |
| 1853 |
The Gadsden Purchase was signed. |
| 1853 |
Alexander Wood invented the hypodermic needle. |
| 1853-1856 |
Britain, France, Turkey, and Sardinia fought against Russia in the Crimean War. |
| 1854 |
About 400,000 immigrants arrived in New York. |
| 1854 |
Congress organized the Kansas and Nebraska territories. |
| 1854 |
Commodore Perry of the U.S. Navy arranged a trade treaty with Japan. |
| 1854-1856 |
The Republican Party was organized. |
| 1855 |
Henry Bessemer invented the Bessemer converter. |
| 1855 |
The Soo Canal, connecting Lake Superior with Lake Huron, opened to shipping. |
| 1856 |
Bleeding Kansas became a battleground between slavery and antislavery forces. |
| 1857 |
U.S. population was 29,000,000. |
| 1869 |
(Oct. 8) Died in Concord, N.H. |
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