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Marriage
After a three year engagement, Hawthorne marries Sophia Peabody -
The Birthmark
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Paid Fire Fighters
Cincinnati became 1st US city to pay fire fighters a regular salary -
First Industrial Exposition
Pres Franklin Pierce opens 1st industrial exposition (NY) -
Daughter Born
Sophia gives birth the the couples first child, a daughter names Una. -
President Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic of Texas
President Tyler signs a resolution annexing the Republic of Texas -
British defeat Sikhs in battle of Sobraon, India
British defeat Sikhs in battle of Sobraon, India -
Son Born
The couples Second child, a son, is born. He is nameless for the first few months of his life until his parents agree on "Julian." -
An act of congress
The territory of the District of Columbia south of the Potomac River (39 mi² or about 100 km²) is returned to Virginia through an Act of Congress. -
Iowa
Iowa becomes 29th state -
Defeat the mexicans
Battle of Buena Vista Mexico; Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans -
The Doughnut
The doughnut was created -
Texas
Mexico gives Texas to US, ending the war -
William G Young patents ice cream freezer
William G Young patents ice cream freezer -
First base rules
Baseball rules 1st baseman can tag base for out instead of runner -
envalope machine
Patent granted for an envelope-making machine -
Loses Job
Hawthorne is dismissed from Salem Custom House in a political shakeup. He is furious and declares, "I detest this town so much that I hate to go out into the streets, or to have people see me." He begins work on a novel about adultery and hypocrisy in Salem. -
Mother Dies
Hawthorne's mother, Elizabeth Hathorne, dies. Hawthorne falls into a deep depression. He continues writing The Scarlet Letter. -
Harriet Tubman escapes slavery
Harriet Tubman 1st escapes slavery in Maryland with two of her brothers -
The Scarlet Letter
Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter is published. -
California
California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state -
Seven Gables and a White Whale
Hawthorne publishes The House of the Seven Gables. Herman Melville publishes Moby Dick, the novel he completed after reading Hawthorne's short story collection Mosses From an Old Manse. He dedicates the book to Hawthorne. -
Daughter Born
The Hawthorne's third and final child, daughter Rose, is born. -
The Blithedale Romance
Hawthorne publishes the novel The Blithedale Romance, a fictionalized account of the utopian community Brook Farm. He and Sophia purchase Hillside, a home in Concord, Massachusetts previously owned by the Alcott family. The Hawthornes rename it Wayside. -
U.S. Consul
Hawthornes old college pal Franklin Pierce takes office as President and awards Hawthorne a political appointment as U.S. sonsul in Liverpool. The Hawthorne family saqils to England.