Dashed left edge = started before November 1804 ·
Dashed right edge = ongoing beyond November 1804
Events in November 1804 1
1804 – 1869Franklin Pierce14th President — Bleeding KansasFranklin Pierce (Nov 23, 1804 – Oct 8, 1869) was the 14th President 1853-1857. His signing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act reignited the slavery debate and led to "Bleeding Kansas," accelerating the path to the Civil War.