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Birth of Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was born and spent part of his childhood in Charlestown, the capital of the island of Nevis in the Leeward Islands.Hamilton and his older brother James Jr were born out of wedlock to Rachel Faucette, a married woman of British and French Huguenot descent, and James A. Hamilton -
Hamilton's mother dies due to illness
Keeping a small store in Christiansted. She contracted a severe fever and died on February 19, 1768, 1:02 am, leaving Hamilton orphaned. This may have had severe emotional consequences for him. -
Collage Funds
Community leaders from Hamilton's home town raise money for him to go to school in America. Arrives in Boston in the Autumn.He would eventually use that money to go to King's Collage -
Enrolls at King's Collage
Hamilton entered The King's College in New York City (now Columbia University). In the autumn of 1773 "as a private student".Then officially matriculated in May 1774. -
Appointed Capitan
Hamilton becomes captain of the 1st Battalion, 5th Field Artillery Unit. (Today, the unit is the oldest still existing in the United States Army and the only one remaining from the Revolution.) Hamilton conducts himself with skill during General George Washington's subsequent retreat through New York, and draws the Continental Army commander's attention. -
Alexander Hamilton Promoted
Hamilton fights in the battles of Brandywine Creek, Germantown, and Princeton. He is appointed a lieutenant colonel on George Washington's staff. Due to his courage, dedication, and leadership. -
Alexander Hamilton Gets Married
The pair were finally married on 14 December, 1780; he was just shy of the age of twenty-four, and she was twenty-three.The Hamiltons' marriage was both blessed with many children and fraught with scandal and credit problems. Elizabeth bore eight children between the years 1782 and 1802, miscarrying at least once. -
Elected to Congress
Member of the Continental Congress in 1782, 1783, and 1788; member of the Annapolis Convention of 1786.He served in the New York State assembly in 1787.He was a member of the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention in 1787 which adopted the Constitution of the United States and signed it. -
Founded the Bank of New York
The Bank of New York was a global financial services company established in 1784 by the American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. It existed until its merger with the Mellon Financial Corporation on July 2, 2007.[1] The company now continues under the new name of The Bank of New York Mellon or BNY Mellon. -
Establishes the New York Evening Post
William Coleman (February 14, 1766 – July 13, 1829) was the first editor of The New York Evening Post (today known as the New York Post). Chosen by founder Alexander Hamilton.Now known as the New York Post. -
Hamilton Shot Dead
The Burr–Hamilton duel was fought between prominent American politicians Aaron Burr, the sitting Vice President of the United States, and Alexander Hamilton, the former Secretary of the Treasury, at Weehawken, New Jersey on July 11, 1804.The duel was the culmination of a long and bitter rivalry between the two men. Burr shot and mortally wounded Hamilton, who was carried to the home of William Bayard, where he died the next day with his wife and sister-in-law at his side.
