New Hampshire State Timeline

  • The Pennacook Nation
    Jan 1, 1500

    The Pennacook Nation

    Some Native groups joined each other and formed the Pennacook Nation!
  • New Hampshire is Named

    New Hampshire is Named

    New Hampshire is named in the year of 1629! The state is named after Captain John Mason's homecountry Hampshire, England.
  • A Separate Colony

    A Separate Colony

    New Hampshire becomes a separate colony in 1691.
  • Statehood Date

    Statehood Date

    New Hampshire became the 9th state on June 21,1788.
  • Concord

    Concord

    Concord becomes New Hampshire's state capitol on Jan. 1, 1808.
  • The New Hampshire Railroad Industry

    The New Hampshire Railroad Industry

    The Boston and Maine railroad took over the New Hampshire railroad industry in the 1880's.
  • Alan B. Shepard

    Alan B. Shepard

    In the year of 1961 Alan B. Shepard becomes the first American to travel in space! Alan B. Shepard used to live in East Derry, NH.
  • A New Hampshire Teacher

    A New Hampshire Teacher

    In the year of 1986 a New Hampshire teacher makes way into space! The teacher is killed when the shuttle explodes.
  • State Symbol

    State Symbol

    New Hampshire's state symbol collapsed on Jan. 1, 2003
  • Elected to the U.S. Senate

    Elected to the U.S. Senate

    In 2008 Jeanne Shaheen was elected to the U.S. senate.