 President Andrew Jackson Timeline
Important Dates, World and National Events During His Lifetime
|
| 1767 |
(March 15) Andrew Jackson was born in Waxhaw settlement, S.C. |
| 1780 |
Jackson is an orderly in the Revolutionary War |
| 1781 |
Jackson's mother died of Cholera, after volunteering to nurse infected
prisoners of war held by the British. Jackson's brother, Hugh, was a soldier, and he died of heat exhaustion at
Stono, sometimes called the Battle of Stono Creek or Battle of Stono Ferry. |
| 1783 |
Jackson taught school in Waxhaw |
| 1787 |
Jackson admitted to the bar at age 20 |
| 1788 |
Jackson appointed solicitor or attorney general for what is now Tennessee |
| 1791 |
(August) Jackson marries Mrs. Rachel Donelson Robards |
| 1794 |
(January 17) Remarried Mrs. Robards |
| 1796 |
Elected to U.S. House of Representatives |
| 1797 |
Elected to U.S. Senate |
| 1809 |
The Jacksons adopt 4 day old nephew of Mrs. Jackson and named him Andrew Jackson, Jr. |
| 1814 |
Defeated the Creek Indians in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend |
| 1815 |
Defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans |
| 1821 |
Appointed provisional governor of Florida |
| 1823 |
Elected to U.S. Senate |
| 1828 |
Elected President of U.S. |
| 1828 |
The U.S. Flag had 24 stars when Jackson took office |
| 1829 |
The Postmaster General became a member of the President's Cabinet. |
| 1830 |
Louis Philippe seized the French throne |
| 1830 |
Webster and Hayne held their famous debate on states' rights in 1830. |
| 1831 |
Michael Faraday discovered the principle of electromagnetic induction. |
| 1831 |
Cyrus McCormick invented the reaping machine that brought major changes to agriculture. |
| 1831 |
William Lloyd Garrison began publishing his antislavery newspaper, "The Liberator." |
| 1832 |
Re-elected President of U.S. |
| 1832 |
Illinois settlers defeated the Sauk and Fox Indians in the Black Hawk War. |
| 1832 |
Jackson vetoed a bill to renew the charter of the Bank of the U.S. |
| 1832 |
South Carolina declared the federal tariff laws null and void. Jackson sent U.S. troops to S.C. |
| 1832 |
John C. Calhoun resigned as Vice-President |
| 1833 |
Slavery was outlawed in British colonies. |
| 1833 |
Treaty with Siam was the first pact between the U.S. and a country of Asia. |
| 1833 |
Jackson removed government funds from the Bank of the U.S. |
| 1835 |
U.S. Troops forced the Seminole Indians to retreat to the Florida Everglades. |
| 1836 |
Arkansas became a state. |
| 1836 |
Wisconsin organized as a territory. |
| 1836 |
Texas declared its independence from Mexico during the Battle of the Alamo. |
| 1836 |
Samuel Colt began manufacturing the Colt revolver, which became famous as the "six shooter." |
| 1836 |
Alonzo Phillps patented the first phosphorus matches in the U.S. |
| 1837 |
Michigan became a state. |
| 1845 |
(June 8) Died at the Hermitage in Nashville, Tennessee |
Email this page to a friend
