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| 1856 | Birth |  |
| 28th Dec Birth of Thomas Woodrow Wilson |
| 1879 | Education | |
| Virginia Enters the University of Virginia Law School |
| 1882 | Profession | |
| Atlanta Opens a legal practice |
| 1885 | Marriage | |
| Marries Ellen Axson |
| 1885 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "Congressional Government" |
| 1886 | Education | |
| Awarded Ph. D at John Hopkins university |
| 1890 | Professor | |
| Princeton Appointed Professor of Jurisprudence & Political Economy |
| 1902 | Princeton | |
| Princeton Appointed President of Princeton |
| 1902 | Publication | |
| Publication of, "A History of the American People" |
| 1910 | Election | |
| New Jersey Elected Governor of New Jersey |
| 1912 | Election | |
| Nov Elected President of the USA |
| Nov Roosevelt splits the Republicans by forming the Progressive Party |
| 1912 | President | |
| 2nd July Nominated presidential candidate |
| 1912 | Progressive Party | |
| Nov Roosevelt splits the Republicans by forming the Progressive Party |
| 1913 | Constitution | |
| 8th April Washington Resumes the "State of the Union Address " to Congress after a break of 112 years |
| 31st May Washington The 17th Amendment to the USAConstitution allows for the popular election of senators |
| 1913 | Department of Labor | |
| Washington Founds the Dept of Labor |
| 1913 | Diplomacy | |
| Aug Washington The USA declares a boycott against Mexico after the expulsion of Americans |
| 3rd Nov Washington Gives President Huerta of Mexico an ultimatum to resign |
| 1913 | Inauguration of Wilson | |
| 3rd Mar Washington Inaugurated President of the USA, 28th |
| 1913 | Legislation | |
| 3rd Oct Washington The Underwood Tariff Act reduces duties on commodities |
| 3rd Oct Washington The Underwood Tariff Act reduces duties where USAgoods control the market |
| 1913 | Panama Canal | |
| Oct Panama Canal President Wilson opens the Panama Canal |
| 1913 | President | |
| Appointed President of the USA, 28th President |
| 1913 | State of the Union Address | |
| 8th April Resumes the "State of the Union Address " to Congress after a break of 112 years |
| 1914 | Capture of Veracruz | |
| 22nd April Veracruz USAforces bombard & seize the Mexican port of Veracruz |
| 1914 | Diplomacy | |
| Washington The USA will lend Colombia $25million for its recognition of Panamanian independence |
| 1914 | Independence of Panama | |
| Washington The USA will lend Colombia $25million for its recognition of Panamanian independence |
| 1914 | Panama Canal | |
| Washington A treaty is signed allowing Colombia certain privileges in Panama |
| 1915 | Constitution | |
| 12th Jan Washington The USAHouse of Representatives rejected a proposal to give woment the vote |
| 1915 | Legislation | |
| 12th Jan Washington The USAHouse of Representatives rejected a proposal to give woment the vote |
| 1915 | Sinking Gulflight | |
| 1st May Scilly Isles A USAsteamer is torpedoed off the Scilly Isles by a German submarine, 3 lives are lost |
| 1915 | Sinking Lusitania | |
| 7th May Kinsale Germany sinks the Cunard liner Lusitania, 1152 lives are lost including 102 Americans |
| 1916 | Diplomacy | |
| Washington Offers to mediate war aims of the Allies & Central Powers, the Germans fail to answer |
| 1916 | National Anthem | |
| President Woodrow Wilson issues executive order making "The Star-Spangled Banner" the national anthem, Congress confirms it, 1931 |
| 1916 | Peace | |
| Offers to mediate war aims of the Allies & Central Powers, the Germans fail to answer |
| 5th Aug Offers the good offices of the USAin the interests of peace |
| 1916 | Star Spangled Banner | |
| President Woodrow Wilson issues executive order making "The Star-Spangled Banner" the national anthem, Congress confirms it, 1931 |
| 1917 | Declaration of War | |
| 6th April Washington Declares war as an "associated power" giving the USAindependence from France & Britain |
| 6th April Washington Declares war on Germany after approval by the Senate & House of Representatives |
| 1917 | Neutrality | |
| 4th Jan Washington Says "There will be no war...it would be a crime against civilisation for us to go in" |
| 1917 | Reform | |
| 5th June Washington Draft registration day for nearly 10 million men aged 21-31 |
| 1918 | Diplomacy | |
| Washington The Senate refuses to ratify Wilson's guarantee of the French frontiers |
| 1918 | League of Nations | |
| 8th Jan "a general association of nations..under specific covenants", 14 Points |
| 8th Jan Founded to preserve national independence, 14 points |
| 1918 | Peace | |
| 8th Jan "a general association of nations..under specific covenants", League of Nations |
| 8th Jan Includes redrawing of Italian frontiers according to nationalities |
| 8th Jan Includes settlement of the Alsace-Lorraine question |
| 8th Jan Includes the establishment of an independent Poland |
| 8th Jan Includes the preservation of Belgian sovereignty |
| 8th Jan Include Turkish control only of their own peoples |
| 8th Jan Wilson outlines his Fourteen Points peace program |
| 3rd Oct Germany requests an armistice |
| 23rd Oct Says that military rulers & autocratic monarchs in German are an obstacle to peace |
| 1918 | Women's Suffrage | |
| 30th Sep Wills tells the Senate that women's suffrage is "a vitally necessary war measure" |
| 1st Oct Senate rejects women's suffrage for a 3rd time |
| 1919 | League of Nations | |
| 19th Nov Versailles The USAfails to ratify the treaty of Versailles & join the League of Nations |
| 1919 | Treaty of Versailles | |
| 19th Nov Versailles The USAfails to ratify the treaty of Versailles & join the League of Nations |
