 President Woodrow Wilson Timeline
Important Dates, World and National Events During His Lifetime
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| 1856 |
(Dec. 28) Born at Staunton, Va. |
| 1879 |
Graduated College of New Jersey (now Princeton) |
| 1885 |
(June 24) Married Ellen Louise Axson. |
| 1887 |
Daughter Margaret Woodrow Wilson was born. |
| 1886 |
Jessie Woodrow Wilson was born. |
| 1889 |
Daughter Eleanor Randolph Wilson was born. |
| 1902 |
(June 9) Named president of Princeton University. |
| 1906 |
Work started on the Panama Canal. |
| 1910 |
(Nov. 8) Elected governor of New Jersey. |
| 1912 |
(Nov. 5) Elected President of the United States. |
| 1913 |
Wilson signed a bill creating an independent Department of Labor. |
| 1913 |
17th Amendment became law |
| 1913 |
Congress passed the Underwood Tariff Act and established the Federal Reserve System. |
| 1914 |
Congress passed the Clayton Antitrust Act and created the Federal Trade Commission. |
| 1914 |
World War I began in Europe. |
| 1914 |
Wilson emphasized U.S. neutrality, following the outbreak of World War I in Europe. |
| 1914 |
(Aug. 6) Mrs. Ellen Wilson died. |
| 1915 |
(May 7) German submarine torpedoed the British passenger liner Lusitania, killing 128 Americans. |
| 1915 |
The first telephone line linking New York City and San Francisco began operating. |
| 1915 |
(Dec. 18) Married Mrs. Edith Bolling Galt. |
| 1916 |
(Nov. 7) Re-elected President. |
| 1917 |
Congress approved the purchase of the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25,000,000. |
| 1917 |
(April 6) Congress declared war against Germany. |
| 1918 |
(Jan. 8) Wilson set forth the Fourteen Points. |
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