1603 Englishman Martin Pring explores New Hampshire.
1623 The first settlements are established at Rye and Dover.
1629 Captain John Mason received a grant of land and names the are New Hampshire.
1679 New Hampshire becomes a royal province separate from Massachusetts.
1741 New Hampshire splits from Massachusetts and becomes an English colony.
1764 The Connecticut River is established as the border between New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
1769 Dartmouth College is founded in the city of Hanover.
1774 The colonists capture guns and ammo from the British Fort William and Mary.
1788 New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the constitution.
1808 Concord is made the permanent capital.
1852 Franklin Pierce becomes the 14th President of the United States.
1918 White Mountain National Forest is established.
1945 The Old Man of the Mountain is made the official state emblem.
1961 Alan Shepard becomes the first American and second person to travel to space.
1986 Sharon Christie McAuliffe a Concord teacher was killed when the Challenger exploded.
2003 The Old Man of the Mountain collapses.