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Future president Franklin Pierce is born. -
Jane Means Appleton was born. -
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. -
When Franklin turned 15, he enrolled at Bowdoin College in Maine, where he excelled at public speaking. -
Fraklin graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
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Franklin Pierce was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses -
Franklin gets married to Jane Appleton at Amherst, Massachusetts
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Franklin's son, Franklin Pierce was born -
Franklin Jr. died in infancy only a few days old -
Franklin's mom, Anna Kendrick Pierce died -
Franklin's second son, Frank Pierce was born
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Franklin's third son, Benjamin Pierce was born -
Franklin resigned to practice law at Concord, New Hampshire -
Frank Robert died at the age of four from epidemic typhus -
Franklin enlisted as a private in Mexican War -
Franklin Pierce became colonel of 9th Regiment, Infantry -
Franklin serves at Cerro Gordo -
Franklin Pierce sailed to Mexico City after being harassed -
Franklin resigned from the army -
Benjamin died at the age of 11 in a train accident -
Benjamin died at the age of 11 in a train accident. -
Franklin became the 14th president of the United States -
Franklin opened Crystal Palace Exposition -
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. -
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.
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Treaty proclaimed; the United States acquire border territory from Mexico.
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Nationality laws are changed so that all children born abroad to U.S. parents are guaranteed American citizenship.
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The Native American Party, or Know-Nothing Party, becomes the American Party. -
Franklin's presidency comes to an end -
Franklin died at age 64 in Concord, New Hampshire
