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Site of first house in New Hampshire, present mansion constructed in 1750, by Gov. W. B. Wentworth, New York Public Library
New Hampshire Timeline History
1603: Martin Pring ventures into the area
1614: English Captain John Smith lands on the Isle of Shoals, just off
the Atlantic Ocean coastline
1623: Dover and Portsmouth founded
1641: New Hampshire becomes part of Massachusetts rule
1679: New Hampshire becomes a Royal colony
1776: New Hampshire forms an independent provisional government, and
is the first colony to declare independence from England
1788: It becomes the ninth U.S. State after ratifying the new U.S.
Constitution
1812: The state - with over 35,000 in service - participates in the
War of 1812
1840: The Webster-Ashburton Treaty decides the official border between
the state, and the neighboring country of Canada
1853: Native son Franklin Pierce becomes U.S. President
1865: New Hampshire's 18th Regiment led Union troops into Richmond,
Virginia, during the Civil War
1905: The Treaty of Portsmouth - signifying the conclusion of the
Russo-Japanese War - was signed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, On September 5th
1961: Alan Shepard native son: becomes first American in space
1964: The lottery begins; the first state lottery since 1894
1986: The space shuttle Challenger explodes; Christa McAuliffe,
a New Hampshire school teacher, among others, is killed
2003: The Old Man of the Mountain collapses
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