| Timeline |
| 1858 |
Born 27 October in NYC |
| 1876 |
Attends Harvard |
| 1880 |
Graduates from Harvard, magna cum laude, member Phi Beta Kappa; enters Columbia Law School (he will leave in 1882 without taking a degree); marries Alice Lee on 27 October |
| 1881 |
Elected to New York State Assembly from New York City |
| 1882 |
The Naval War of 1812 published |
| 1883 |
Serves New York State Assembly second term; establishes first of two cattle ranches (Maltese Cross and Elkhorn) |
| 1884 |
14 February - Wife, Alice Lee, and mother die; Roosevelt serves New York State Assembly third term (Minority Leader); birth of first child, Alice Lee Roosevelt; delegate to the Republican National Convention in June |
| 1885 |
Hunting Trips of a Ranchman published |
| 1886 |
Marries Edith Carow in December; defeated in NYC mayoral election by Abram S. Hewitt |
| 1887 |
Life of Thomas Hart Benton published; son, Theodore, born |
| 1888 |
Life of Gouverneur Morris, Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail, and Essays in Practical Politics published |
| 1889 |
Son, Kermit, born; Vols I & II of The Winning of the West published; appointed U.S. Civil Service Commissioner, Washington |
| 1891 |
History of New York published; daughter, Ethel Carow, born |
| 1893 |
The Wilderness Hunter published |
| 1894 |
Son, Archibald Bulloch, born; Vol III of The Winning of the West published |
| 1895 |
Publishes Hero Tales from American History, in collaboration with Henry Cabot Lodge; Resigns US Civil Service Commission to become Police Commissioner of NYC |
| 1896 |
Vol IV. of The Winning of the West published |
| 1897 |
Son, Quentin, born; American Ideals published; Appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy by President McKinley |
| 1898 |
Resigns as Assistant Secretary of the Navy to become Lieutenant-Colonel of the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (the "Rough Riders"); serves during Spanish-American War; elected Governor of New York State
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| 1899 |
The Rough Riders published |
| 1900 |
Elected Vice President |
| 1901 |
McKinley shot in September, Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of the United States |
| 1904 |
Reelected President over Democrat Alton B. Parker |
| 1905 |
Mediates Russo-Japanse War; Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter published |
| 1906 |
Mediates between France and Germany at Algeciras Conference; awarded Nobel Peace Prize for ending Russo-Japanese War in 1905 |
| 1909 |
Safari in Africa with son Kermit; tours Europe |
| 1911 |
Editor for Outlook Magazine |
| 1912 |
Realizable Ideals published; announces candidacy for Republican nomination against President Taft (is defeated); runs with the National Progressive Party; shot in the chest by John Nepomuk Schrank in October |
| 1913 |
Theodore Roosevelt - An Autobiography and History as Literature and Other Essays published; travels in South America |
| 1914 |
Through the Brazilian Wilderness and Life Histories of African Game Animals (with Edmund Heller) published |
| 1915 |
America and the World War published |
| 1916 |
A Booklover's Holidays in the Open and Fear God and Take Your Own Part published |
| 1917 |
Foes of Our Own Household published |
| 1918 |
Son, Quentin, dies while serving in France; The Great Adventure published |
| 1919 |
Dies 6 January of coronary embolism, in Oyster Bay, NY |
