1858
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October 27
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Born 28 East Twentieth Street, New York City
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1876-80
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Attends Harvard: graduates magna cum laude
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1878
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February 9
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Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., dies
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1880
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October 27
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Marries Alice Hathaway Lee
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1880-82
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Attends Columbia Law School (does not graduate)
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1881
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November 8
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Elected to New York State Assembly
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1882
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Publishes The Naval War of 1812
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1883
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September
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Buffalo hunt, North Dakota; Purchases first badlands ranch
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1884
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February 12
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Daughter Alice born
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February 14
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Wife Alice Lee and mother Mittie Roosevelt die in Roosevelt’s New York home
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June
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Delegate to Republican National Convention in Chicago
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1885
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Publishes Hunting Trips of a Ranchman
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1886
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December 2
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Marries Edith Kermit Carow in London
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1887
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September 13
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Son Theodore born
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1888
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Publishes Life of Gouverneur Morris, Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail, and Essays in Practical Politics
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1889
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May 7
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Appointed U.S. Civil Service Commissioner by President Benjamin Harrison
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October 10
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Son Kermit born
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Publishes two volumes of Winning of the West
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1891
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August 13
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Daughter Ethel born
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Publishes History of New York
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1893
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Publishes The Wilderness Hunter
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1894
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April 10
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Son Archibald born
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August 14
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Death of brother Elliott
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1895
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Appointed New York Police Commissioner
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Publishes Hero Tales of American History (with Henry Cabot Lodge)
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1897
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April 19
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Begins duties as Assistant Secretary of the Navy
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November 19
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Son Quentin born
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Publishes American Ideals
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1898
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April 25
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Appointed lieutenant colonel of First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment
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May 6
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Resigns as Assistant Secretary of the Navy
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July 1
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Roosevelt’s “crowded hour” at Kettle and San Juan Hills
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November 8
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Elected Governor of New York
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1899
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Publishes The Rough Riders
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1900
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November 6
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Elected Vice President of the United States
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Publishes Oliver Cromwell and The Strenuous Life
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1901
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September 6
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President McKinley shot in Buffalo, New York
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September 14
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Roosevelt sworn in as 26th President, Buffalo
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1902
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February 19
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Orders federal antitrust suit against Northern Securities Co.
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June 17
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Signs Newlands Reclamation Act
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October
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Mediates anthracite coal strike
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1903
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February 14
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Establishes Department of Commerce and Labor
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March 14
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Proclaims Pelican Island, first federal bird sanctuary
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November 18
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Panama Canal Treaty
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1904
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November 8
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Elected President in his own right
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December 6
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Declares Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine
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1905
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February 1
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National Forest Service established
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March 17
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Attends wedding of niece Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt
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June 2
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Declares Wichita Forest, Oklahoma, first federal game preserve
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August 25
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Submarine ride in Plunger off Long Island
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September 5
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Signing of Portsmouth Treaty ending Russo-Japanese War
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Publishes Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter
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1906
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February 17
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Presides at White House over wedding of daughter Alice to Ohio congressman Nicholas Longworth
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June 8
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Signs Antiquities Act (National Monuments)
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June 30
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Signs Pure Food and Drug Act
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November 8-26
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Visits Panama Canal Zone
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December 10
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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
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1907
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January 1
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Shakes 8150 hands, setting Guinness world record
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Publishes Good Hunting
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December 16
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Sends Great White Fleet on its round-the-world cruise
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1908
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May 13-15
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Convenes first White House governors conference to discuss conservation of natural resources
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November 3
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William Howard Taft elected to Presidency
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1909
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January 13
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Rides 100 miles from Washington, D.C., to Warrenton, Virginia, to set example for military officers
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February 22
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Greets Great White Fleet on its return to the United States
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March 23
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Begins African safari with son Kermit
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1910
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March 30
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Leaves Africa, begins European tour
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April 23
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Delivers “man in the arena” speech at Sorbonne, Paris
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June 18
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Triumphant return to New York City
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August 31
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Delivers New Nationalism speech at Osawatomie, Kansas
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October 11
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Flies in airplane near St. Louis
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Publishes African and European Addresses, African Game Trails, American Problems, The New Nationalism, Presidential Addresses and State Papers, and European Addresses
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1912
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February 21
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Announces that he is a candidate for the Republican nomination
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June 18-22
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Defeated by Taft at Republican National Convention in Chicago
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August 5-7
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National Progressive Party convenes in Chicago
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October 14
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Shot while campaigning in Milwaukee
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November 5
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Takes second place in Presidential election
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Publishes The Conservation of Womanhood and Childhood
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1913
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May 26-31
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Prevails in libel suit against Michigan editor who accused him of public drunkenness
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October 4
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Departs for South American to lecture and explore
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Publishes Autobiography, History as Literature and Other Essays and Progressive Principles
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1914
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Roosevelt-Rondon Expedition explores the River of Doubt in the Amazon basin
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May 7
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Returns to the United States
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Publishes Through the Brazilian Wilderness
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1915
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April-May
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Defendant in libel suit filed by New York Republican leader William Barnes (wins)
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Publishes America and the World War
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1916
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Publishes Fear God and Take Your Own Part and A Booklover’s Holidays in the Open
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1917
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May 19
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President Wilson refuses Roosevelt’s offer to lead a rough rider division on the western front in World War I
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Publishes The Foes of Our Own Household and National Strength and International Duty
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1918
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July 14
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Son Quentin killed in air action in Europe
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Publishes The Great Adventure
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1919
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January 6
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Dies in his sleep, 4:15 a.m. Sagamore Hill
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January 8
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Funeral services at Christ Church, Oyster Bay burial at Youngs Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay
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