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Anna Roosevelt's birth
Anna was born on January 18, 1855 in New York City. She was the older sister of Theodore. Her childhood nickname was Bamie. -
Theodore Roosevelt's birth
Theodore was born on Oct. 27, 1858 to Theodore Roosevelt Sr. and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt. He was born into a wealthy family in New York ,N.Y.. -
Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt's birth
Elliott was born on February 28, 1860. Elliott Roosevelt was the third of the four children of Theodore Roosevelt Sr. and Martha Stewart Bulloch. He was the younger brother of Theodore Roosevelt. -
Corrine Roosevelt's birth
Corinne Roosevelt was born on September 27, 1861, at 28 East 20th Street in New York City. She was the fourth and youngest child of Theodore Roosevelt Sr. and Martha Stewart Bulloch. She was the sister of Theodore Roosevelt -
Theodore enters college
Theodore went to Harvard university on September 1876. That was the first ever formal education for him other than being homeschooled. -
Theodore Roosevelt's dad dies
Theodore Roosevelts dad dies on February 2, 1878. He died from the stomach cancer -
graduation
Theodore graduated from a four-year course from Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He got a degree in Bachelor of Arts. He exceeded in both academics and athletics in college. While in college he was involved in rowing, boxing, literacy clubs, and other student organizations. He then enrolled at Columbia Law school -
Theodore's first marriage
Theodore married Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt on October 27, 1880 in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was 22 and she was 19 when they got married. -
Theodore enter Columbia Law School
Theodore Roosevelt attended Columbia Law School in 1880 and left in 1881. He left to serve in the New York State Assembly. He chose to take the New York State Bar Examination, which he passed, and began practicing the law immediately, without graduating. -
Published The Naval War of 1812
Theodore published The Naval War of 1812 in 1882. Roosevelt set out to write about a subject that technically and historically challenged him. He choose on chronicling the naval battles between the British and American navies during the War of 1812. -
Elected speaker of Republican Assembly
On January 1, 1882 Theodore Roosevelt was elected speaker of Republican Assembly. He was a minority leader -
Theodore joins the national guard
Theodore Roosevelt joined the the National guard. He also commissioned a second lieutenant. -
Alice Lee Roosevelt's Birth
Alice was born on February 12, 1884 in New York, N.Y. This was the daughter of Alice and Theodore Roosevelt. She was the only child Alice ever had. She was born in the family home. -
Death of Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt
Alice died on February 14, 1884 in New York, N.Y. She was 22 years old when she died of undiagnosed Bright's Disease. It was only 2 days after giving birth to her only child, Alice. She was buried at Cambridge, Massachusetts. -
Theodore gets in a bar fight
Theodore got in a bar fight on April 1, 1885. It took place in Mingusvile(present day Wibaux, MT). -
Theodore's second marriage
Theodore married Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt on December 2, 1886 in London, England. He was 28 years old and she was 25 years old when they got married. -
Birth of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
Theodore Jr. was born on September 13, 1887 in Oyster Bay, N.Y. He was the first child between Edith and Theodore. He was born at the family estate right when Theodore was beginning his political career. -
Teddy became commissioner of the United States Civil Service
In 1889 Roosevelt became one of the three commissioners in the United States Civil Service Commission and by far the most energetic and honest such commissioner in the commission's history. In 1891 he wrote to W.A. Aiken concerning his ideas about how to make the Federal decennial census and permanent census bureau a more efficient agency. -
Kermit Roosevelt's Birth
Kermit was born on October 10, 1889 at Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay N.Y. He was the second child of Theodore and Edith. He was born on the family estate. -
Ethel Carow Roosevelt's birth
Ethel was born on August 13,1891 in Washington D.C. She was the daughter of Edith and Theodore. she was the youngest daughter of Theodore and Edith Roosevelt. -
Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt
Archibald was born on April 9, 1894 in Washington D.C. He was the 3rd son of Edith and Theodore. He was born while TR was serving on the Civil Service Reform Commission under President Harrison. -
Quentin Roosevelt's birth
Quentin was born on November 19, 1897 in Washington, D.C. He was the 4th son of Edith and Theodore. He was the favorite of all of President Roosevelt's children. -
Elected for Governor of NY
Theodore Roosevelt was the 33rd Governor of New York. He served two years, between January 1899 until December 1900. -
Theodore was elected vice president
Theodore was the nation's 25th vice president. He was vice president for President William McKinley from March to September in 1901. In September 14, 1901, President William McKinley was assassinated and Theodore was elected next president -
"Speak softly..." speech
Theodore gave a speech where he While emphasized the need for a strong foreign policy where he created a famous quote that was “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” -
Theodore became president
He became president on September 14, 1901 ,after the death of the current president, William McKinley. He was the 29th president and served for 7 years. He was 42 when he was elected -
Theodore wins a Nobel Peace Prize
On December 10, 1906, Theodore Roosevelt became the first American to win a Nobel Prize. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work surrounding the Treaty of Portsmouth, which ended the Russo-Japanese War. -
Teddy Roosevelt got shot
Roosevelt was shot at close range by John Schrank, a psychotic New York saloonkeeper. He was in Milwaukee on his "Bull Moose" campaign when Roosevelt entered his car outside the Gilpatrick Hotel. -
Theodore's death
Theodore Roosevelt died on January 6,1919 in Oyster Bay, N.Y. He passed from a pulmonary embolism in his sleep when he was 60. He was buried at Young's Memorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, N.Y. -
Theodore's second wife's death
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt died on September 30, 1948 in Oyster Bay, N.Y. She was 87 years old when she passed. She is buried in Oyster Bat, N.Y.