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John C. Fremont is born in Savannah, Georgia on January 21, 1813.
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A peace treaty was signed to end the War of 1812 in Ghent, Belgium.
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John C. Fremont's father dies when he is 5.
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Stephen F. Austin establishes the first American colony in Texas.
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Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin die on the fifteinth anniversary of signing the Declaration of Independence.
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Samuel Colt introduces six shooter the first pistol with a revolving barrel.
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Oberlin College is founded, the first college to allow African Americans.
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John C. Fremont became a railroad surveyor.
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John C. Fremont became an assistant scientist to Joseph N. Nicollet.
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John C. Fremont explored the head waters of the Des Moines River.
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John C. Fremont married the daughter of a senator, Jessie Benton.
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John C. Fremont leads his first expedition down the Mississippi River as far as the South Pass of the Cotinental Divide in Wyoming.
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John C. Fremont leaves Kansas City for another expedition.
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John C. Fremont leads an expedition from Independence, Missouri to the Kansas River over the Rocky mountains, down the Columbia River, and finally to California.
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The House of Representatives lifts the Gag Rule.
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John C. Fremont publishes his account of his expeditions to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon, and to California.
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South Carolina is the first state to secede.
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The Civil War starts.
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The Civil War ends
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Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant.
