President Theodore Roosevelt Timeline
Important Dates, World and National Events During His Lifetime |
1858 |
(Oct. 27) Born in New York City. |
1880 |
(Oct. 27) Married Alice Hathaway Lee. |
1882-1884 |
Served in the New York state assembly. |
1884 |
Daughter Alice Lee Roosevelt was born. |
1884 |
(Feb. 14) Mrs. Alice Roosevelt died. |
1886 |
(Dec. 2) Married Edith Kermit Carow. |
1887 |
Son Theodore Roosevelt was born. |
1889 |
Son Kermit Roosevelt was born. |
1889 |
Appointed to the U.S. Civil Service Commission. |
1891 |
Daughter Ethel Roosevelt was born. |
1894 |
Son Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt was born. |
1897 |
Son Quentin Roosevelt was born. |
1897 |
Named Assistant Secretary of the Navy. |
1898 |
Led the Rough Riders in the Spanish-American War. |
1899 |
Elected governor of New York. |
1900 |
Elected Vice-President of the United States. |
1901 |
(Sept. 14) Became President of the United States. |
1901 |
The first wireless telegraph message to flash across the Atlantic was sent. |
1902 |
Congress passed the Reclamation Act. |
1903 |
Congress established the Department of Commerce and Labor. |
1903 |
Roosevelt sent a message over the newly completed cable across the Pacific Ocean. |
1903 |
A six-man tribunal upheld U.S. claims in the Alaska boundary dispute with Great Britain. |
1903 |
The Panama Canal Zone was obtained by the U.S. from Panama. |
1904 |
Elected to full term as President. |
1905 |
Japan defeated Russia in the Russo-Japanese War. |
1905 |
Albert Einstein published his theory of relativity. |
1905 |
U.S. Forest Service was established under a national conservation program. |
1906 |
Federal Food and Drugs Act protected the public against impure foods. |