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1734 – Daniel Boone was born near Reading, Pennsylvania on October 22. Because of a later change in the calendar, his birthday is sometimes reported as November 2.

He was Sarah & Squire Boone's sixth child. His parents were Quakers and they brought him up in that religion.

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1750 - When Daniel was 16, his family moved away from their home in Pennsylvania. This year Daniel also went on his first "long hunt", a hunting trip that could last for weeks or months.

1751 – The Boone family settled in Rowan County, North Carolina, on the Yadkin River.

1755 - The French and Indian War began.

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In this war the French and tribes of Indians who were their allies fought against the English settlers, like Daniel Boone’s family. Daniel was a wagon driver with the English army in a battle near what is now Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The English were defeated there, but Daniel escaped.

1756 – When he was 22, Daniel Boone marrie