New Hampshire State Timeline

  • Jan 1, 1500

    The Pennacook Nation

    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.