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TIMELINE OF ABIGAIL ADAMS'S LIFE 1744 Born on November 11 in Weymouth, Massachusetts 1759 Meets her future husband, John Adams 1764 Marries John Adams on October 25 1765 Nabby (Abigail Amelia) is born 1767 John Quincy is born 1768 Susanna is born 1770 Susanna dies; Charles is born 1772 Thomas is born 1775 Abigail's mother dies 1776 Abigail sends her "Remember the Ladies" letter to John 1777 Elizabeth is stillborn 1783 Abigail's father dies 1784 Travels to Europe with Nabby 1785 Travels to Great Britain with John and Nabby 1786 Nabby marries 1787 Abigail is a grandmother when Nabby's son is born 1788 Travels home with John to Braintree (Quincy), Massachusetts

1789 John is vice president of the US for two terms 1797 John is second president of the US 1798 Abigail seriously ill and nearly dies 1800 Moves into the White House; son Charles dies 1801 Returns to Peacefield in Quincy 1813 Nabby dies 1818 Abigail dies of typhoid fever in Quincy on October 28

TIMELINE OF THE WORLD 1732 George Washington is born 1735 John Adams is born 1743 Thomas Jefferson is born 1754 French and Indian War begins 1760 George III becomes King of England 1770 The Boston Massacre 1773 The Boston Tea Party 1774 First Continental Congress in Philadelphia 1775 The American Revolution begins; Battle of Lexington and Concord; Battle of Bunker Hill; Second Continental Congress 1776 The Declaration of Independence is signed 1781 The British surrender at Yorktown 1783 American Revolution ends with the Treaty of Paris 1789 The US Constitution goes into effect; George Washington is the first American president; John Adams becomes vice president; French Revolution begins 1797 John Adams becomes president 1799 George Washington dies 1801 Thomas Jefferson becomes president

1812 The War of 1812 between the US and Britain 1825 John Quincy Adams becomes sixth president of the US 1826 Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die on July 4 1829 Andrew Jackson becomes president 1848 John Quincy Adams dies 1920 Women in the US gain the right to vote