This timeline was created by 4th and 5th graders at Barnard School.
The first known European settlement in New Hampshire was founded in Piscataqua by David
Colonial New Hampshire was founded in 1638; by John Mason and established by John Wheelwright. New Hampshire was an England Colony until 1776. When it joined the other 12 of the 13 colonies in rebellion against Great Britain and became the U.S. state of New Hampshire.
The first slaves appeared in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The slaves had come from the west coast of Africa.
Strawbery Banke petitioned the Massachusetts General Court for permission to change its name to Portsmouth. So that means Strawbery Banke is now in Portsmouth NH. Enter story info here
The first potato: The first potato planted in the United States was at Londonderry Common Field.
1765 - November 1 - Stamp Act of King George III goes into effect.
Stamp Act of King George III goes into effect.
The charter establishing Dartmouth College was signed in 1769, by John Wentworth, who was the governor at the time. Dartmouth's founder was Rev. Eleazar Wheelock who started the College as a place to educate Native Americans.
1776 - New Hampshire declared its independence on england, 6 months before the declaration of independence was signed.
New Hampshire becomes the 9th state; US Constitution is ratified by New Hampshire at a convention in Exeter. In June 21, New Hampshire becomes the ninth state. It was also one of the thirteen colonies before it became state.
The 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce, was born in Hillsboro, N.H.
State Capitol Was Established
America's first large public library was not legally established until 1852. In 1833 Reverend Abiel Abbot, Peterborough’s Unitarian minister, proposed the creation of Peterborough town library. The Peterborough Town Library’s claim to importance is not that it was the first library to which the public had access, for such libraries had existed before 1833.
Franklin Pierce of Hillsborough became the 14th U.S. President and is the only President to come from New Hampshire”He also served the Mexican war. Franklin Pierce married Jane Means Appleton in 1834. Franklin Pierce’s father is named Benjamin Pierce.
1864 - Largest wooden ship, USS Franklin, built in Portland
New Hampshire's 18th Regiment led Unon troops into Richmond, VA during Civil War to try for victory. Although they all fought hard many died in battle and are now looked at and called heros.
The train that goes up Mount Washington is still working and they’re still using it.
1945 - WWII German U-boats surrendered at Portsmouth.
1945- World War II ship In Portsmouth NH On May 7, 1945, the Allied vise slammed shut on what remained of Nazi Germany. With American, British, and French troops advancing from the west and the Soviets overrunning the eastern part of the country, the German high command had little choice but to surrender their battered forces.
First-in-the-Nation Presidential Primary Because of the law guaranteeing New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation status, the primary has been moved earlier practically every election year, from March 11 in 1952, to January 10 in 2012.
NH adopted the first legal lottery in the twentieth Century United States; the nation's first since 1894
The Old Man Of The Mountain was a face made out of granite on Cannon Mountain in Franconia. The old man of the mountain fell down on May 3, 2003.
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