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Birth
He was born in New York, USA. -
Sight problem and his grandfather
His grandfather, Cornelius Van Schaak Roosevelt, dies and receives first pair of eyeglasses. -
Studies
Begins education at Harvard University -
The dead of his father
Theodore Roosevelt Sr. dies from stomach cancer -
The love of his life
Meets Alice Hathaway Lee -
The end of his studies
Graduates from Harvard, magna cum laude -
Marrige
Marries Alice Hathaway Lee on his 22nd birthday -
Politician career
Joins the Republican Party. -
Politican career
Elected Speaker of Republican Assembly (minority leader) -
The National Guard
Joins the National Guard; commissioned a Second Lieutenant -
Their daugther
Alice Lee Roosevelt, born -
The dead of his mother and wife
Mother Martha Bulloch Roosevelt dies of typhoid fever; hours later, wife Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt dies from kidney failure -
His second wife
Marries Edith Carow secretly in London -
Their son
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. is born at Sagamore Hill -
Their second daughter
Ethel Carow Roosevelt born at Sagamore Hill -
Their second son
Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt born in Washington, DC -
President Police Commissioners
Elected President of the Board of Police Commissioners -
Their third son
Quentin Roosevelt born in Washington, DC -
Spanish-American war
Serves in Cuba during Spanish-American War; promoted to Colonel -
Governor of New York State
Nominated by the Republican Party for Governor of New York State -
Politican career
Elected vice president -
The President of the United State of America
Becomes 26th President of the United States, youngest to ever hold the office -
President of USA twice
Re-elected president and establishes United States Forest Service -
Nobel prize
Awarded Nobel Peace Prize for mediating treaty of Russo-Japanese War -
The end of his presidency
Presidency ends -
The Progessive party
Nominated as presidential candidate for Progressive party -
The Amazon River
Sustains severe leg injury during expedition and nearly dies -
His return to the Republican party
Declines Progressive presidential nomination and backs Republican candidate -
The WWI
Youngest son Quentin killed while serving as a fighter pilot in France -
Bye, bye Mr. Roosevelt
Dies in sleep at Sagamore Hill of a coronary embolism (arterial blood clot), age 60. Death had to take Roosevelt sleeping, for if he had been awake, there would have been a fight.
