Ulysses S. Grant

Birth

Apr 22, 1822

He was born on April 22 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio

Ulysses S. Grant

Period: Apr 27, 1822 to Jul 23, 1885

Brazil is a free nation

Jun 24, 1822

Brazil gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

Entering West Point

Aug 19, 1839

He enters the united States military academy in West Point, New York to become a soldier his life long dream.

A Soldier

Jul 18, 1843

Graduates a soldier.assigned to Jefferson Barracks in Missouri. Where he meets the love of his life Julia Dent.

Mexican war

Apr 28, 1846

Serves in the Mexican war under from 1846 to 1848 under Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott.

Revolution of 1848

Oct 31, 1848

A wave of immagration to many industrial cities in the United States and other places in Europe.

Married

Dec 30, 1848

marries the love of his life Julia Dent and later starts a family.

Civil War

Jul 30, 1861

Comes out of retirement appointed general and the head of the norths armies. Battles include Vicksburg,Petersburg, Appomamatix, and many others.

dynamite

Oct 30, 1868

Alfred Nobel Creates one of the most impotrant explosives dynamite which helped create many railroads to day.

Mr. President

Jan 16, 1869

Inagurated as the eighteenth president of the United States.

Second term

Jan 16, 1873

Inagurated as the president for second straight term. One of the first to do so.

Hobbie

Nov 28, 1877

He retires from office and travels the globe with his wife for his hobbie until 1879.

Disaster in Indonesia

Aug 29, 1883

A volcano Erupted causing a tsunami which killed over 36,000 people most because of the tsunami.

RIP

Jul 23, 1885

Dies in New York at Mount McGregor in 1885