 President Ulysses Grant Timeline
Important Dates, World and National Events During His Lifetime
|
| 1822 |
Born in Point Pleasant, Ohio on April 27th |
| 1843 |
Graduated from West Point |
| 1848 |
(Aug 22) Married Julia Boggs Dent |
| 1850 |
Son Frederick Dent Grant was born. |
| 1852 |
Son Ulysses Simpson Grant was born. |
| 1854 |
Resigned from the Army |
| 1855 |
Daughter Ellen Grant was born. |
| 1858 |
Son Jesse Root Grant was born. |
| 1861 |
Appointed a colonel of Illinois volunteers |
| 1863 |
Led the Union troops to victory at Vicksburg, Mississippi |
| 1864 |
Named supreme commander of Union Forces |
| 1865 |
Accepted the surrender of Confederate forces under General Robert E. Lee |
| 1868 |
Elected President of the United States |
| 1869 |
Inaugurated as the 18th President of the U.S. |
| 1869 |
The Suez Canal opened |
| 1869 |
First transcontinental railroad was completed |
| 1871 |
Heinrich Schliemann discovered ancient Troy |
| 1872 |
Re-elected President |
| 1872 |
Yellowstone area was set aside by congress as the first national park |
| 1876 |
Colorado became a state |
| 1877 |
Queen Victoria was proclaimed the Empress of India |
| 1877 |
U.S. population was 47,141,000 |
| 1880 |
Lost the bid for the presidential nomination |
| 1885 |
Died in Mount McGregor, New York on July 23rd |
Email this page to a friend