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President is born
Future president Franklin Pierce is born. -
Wife is born
Jane Means Appleton was born. -
Attended the academies of Handcock and Francestown
Pierce attended school at Hillsborough Centre and moved to the Hancock Academy in Hancock at the age of 11; he was transferred to Francestown Academy in the spring of 1820. -
Franklin goes to college
When Franklin turned 15, he enrolled at Bowdoin College in Maine, where he excelled at public speaking. -
Graduation
Fraklin graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine -
New Hampshire house of Representatives
Franklin Pierce was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses -
Franklin gets married
Franklin gets married to Jane Appleton at Amherst, Massachusetts -
Franklin has first son
Franklin's son, Franklin Pierce was born -
Franklin's son passed
Franklin Jr. died in infancy only a few days old -
Mother passed
Franklin's mom, Anna Kendrick Pierce died -
Franklin's second son was born
Franklin's second son, Frank Pierce was born -
Franklin's third son was born
Franklin's third son, Benjamin Pierce was born -
Practicing law
Franklin resigned to practice law at Concord, New Hampshire -
Frank has passed
Frank Robert died at the age of four from epidemic typhus -
Enlisted for war
Franklin enlisted as a private in Mexican War -
Becomes colonel
Franklin Pierce became colonel of 9th Regiment, Infantry -
Served
Franklin serves at Cerro Gordo -
Sailed for Mexico City
Franklin Pierce sailed to Mexico City after being harassed -
Resigned
Franklin resigned from the army -
Benjamin died
Benjamin died at the age of 11 in a train accident -
Train Accident
Benjamin died at the age of 11 in a train accident. -
New president
Franklin became the 14th president of the United States -
Opened for business
Franklin opened Crystal Palace Exposition -
Treaty of Kanagawa
After nearly three centuries of Japanese isolation, Commodore Matthew Perry -- first ordered to Japan by President Fillmore -- signs the Treaty of Kanagawa, marking the beginning of the Pacific nation's trade with the rest of the world. The United States is permitted a consulate in Japan, and U.S. ships will be allowed to sail into Japanese ports for the purpose of conducting limited trade. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
On May 30, 1854, President Franklin Pierce signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which was designed to solve the issue of expanding slavery into the territories. However, it failed miserably; the Kansas-Nebraska Act was one of the key political events that led to the American Civil War. -
Gadsden Purchase
Treaty proclaimed; the United States acquire border territory from Mexico. -
Nationality laws amended
Nationality laws are changed so that all children born abroad to U.S. parents are guaranteed American citizenship. -
Know-Nothing Party renamed
The Native American Party, or Know-Nothing Party, becomes the American Party. -
Franklin ends his presidency
Franklin's presidency comes to an end -
Franklin Pierce dies
Franklin died at age 64 in Concord, New Hampshire
