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Wilson is born
Wilson is born in Staunton, Virginia -
Wilson attends college
(Unknown date) Wilson enrolls in Davidson College in North Caroline. -
Transfer
(Exact year unknown) Wilson transfers to Princeton due to illness when his father gains a teaching position in the school. -
Graduation
(Exact date unknown) Wilson graduates from Princeton. He was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. In his second year, he read into political philosophy and history. -
Law Practice
(Unknown Date) Wilson starts a law practice with a friend from his college days (Edward Renick). -
Marriage
Wilson marries Ellen Louise Axson. -
Margaret
Margaret Wilson is born. -
Jessie
Jessie Wilson is born. -
Eleanor
Eleanor Wilson is born. -
President of Princeton
(Exact date unknown) Wilson becomes the president of Princeton college. -
New Jersey
Wilson runs for and wins the elections for governor of New Jersey. -
Presidential Race
Wilson enters the race for president in the elections of 1912 and wins. -
Press Conference
Wilson holds the first mdoern press conference. -
World War I
U.S. mades a declaration of neautrality. -
Ellen Axson Wilson
First Lady Ellen Wilson dies. -
Re-Married
Wilson remarries to Edith Galt. -
Fourteen Points address
Wilson delivers his famous Fourteen Points address which introduced the idea for the League of Nations. -
Stroke
Wilson suffers from a serious stroke that leaves his left side paralyzed and his left eye blind. -
Final Day
Wilson's final day as President of the United States. -
Death
Wilson dies in Washington, D.C. at the age of 67.