The Hermitage, Home of Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson Chronology by W. B. Marr

1767 March 5	Born near the line between South Carolina and North Carolina.
1784 Fall	Began study of law.
1787 May	Admitted to practice law in North Carolina.
1788 August 2	Duel with Colonel Waightstill Avery at Jonesboro.
1788 Spring	Appointed public prosecutor for territory south of Ohio River.
1791 August	Married Mrs. Rachel Donelson Robards at Natchez, Miss.
1796 January 1	Member first constitutional convention of Tennessee.
1796	Elected representative In Congress from Tennessee.
1797 November 2	Appointed by Governor Sevier Senator from Tennessee, succeeding William Blount, resigned.
1798 June	Resigned from Senate.
1798	Elected member of the superior court of law and equity.
1801	Elected major-general of Tennessee militia.
1804	Moved from Hunter’s Hill to log house, original Hermitage.
1804 July 4	Resigned from superior court.
1805-6	Entertained Aaron Burr.
1806 May 30	Duel with Charles Dickinson.
1809	Nephew of Mrs. Jackson adopted, named Andrew Jackson, Jr.
1812 June 5	Offered services of Tennessee Volunteers to the United States Government in the War of 1812.
1813 January 7	Started for New Orleans with Tennessee Militia.
1813 February 15	Arrived at Natchez.
1813 March 25	Started home from Natchez.
1813 April 22	Returned to Hermitage.
1813 September 4	Wounded in affray with Thomas H. and Jesse Benton.
1813 October 11	Started with his command for the Creek War.
1813 November 3	Battle of Talluschatches, Creek War.
1813 November 9	Battle of Talladega, Creek War.
1814 January 22	Battle of Emuckfau, Creek War.
1814 January 24	Battle of Enotocopco, Creek War.
1814 March 27	Battle of the Horseshoe, Creek War.
1814 April 19	Appointed Brigadier-General United States Army.
1814 May 1	Appointed Major-General United States Army, Vice William Henry Harrison, resigned.
1814 August 10	Had treaty with Creeks signed.
1814 September 9	Started first Florida campaign.
1814 December 2	Arrived at New Orleans for the defense of the city.
1814 December 16	Declared martial law in New Orleans.
1814 December 23	First battle in defense of New Orleans.
1815 January 1	Second battle in defense of New Orleans.
1815 January 8	Won battle of New Orleans.
1815 March 5	Caused the arrest of Judge Dominick A. Hall, United States District Judge at New Orleans.
1815 March 13	Abrogated martial law at New Orleans.
1815 March 24	Fined $1,000 by Judge Dominick A. Hall for contempt of court, which Jackson paid the same day, and which was refunded by Congress with interest in 1842.
1815 May 15	Arrived at Nashville from New Orleans.
1817 December 26	Entered upon second Florida campaign.
1818 April 28	Caused the execution of Arbuthnot and Ambrister.
1819 February 8	House of Representatives in Congress sustained Jackson’s conduct in the Florida campaign.
1819 Jan. and Feb.	Visited eastern cities.
1819 February	Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
1819	Built Brick Hermitage.
1821	Appointed by President Monroe governor of Florida.
1821 May 31	Resigned from the army.
1821 July 17	Took possession of Florida as governor, and it became a territory of the United States.
1821 October	Resigned as governor of Florida, and returned to Hermitage.
1822 July 20	Nominated for President by the Legislature of Tennessee.
1823	Offered and declined mission to Mexico.
1823 October	Elected to the United States Senate from Tennessee.
1823	Contributed major part of funds for building Presbyterian church in Hermitage neighborhood.
1824 March 4	Nominated for President by the Pennsylvania convention.
1824 November 4	Received plurality of electoral votes for President.
1825 February 9	Defeated for President in the House of Representatives in Congress by John Quincy Adams, who received the vote of thirteen states, Jackson seven, William H. Crawford of Georgia four.
1825	Lafayette visited the Hermitage.
1825 October	Resigned from the United States Senate.
1825 October	Renominated for President by the Legislature of Tennessee.
1826 or 1827	Communion Sunday, date uncertain, promised Mrs. Jackson to join the church when out of politics.
1828 November	Elected President of the United States.
1828 December 22	Death of Mrs. Jackson.
1829 January 17	Left Hermitage for his inauguration.
1829 March 4	Inaugurated President.
1830 April 13	Offered toast: “Our federal union, it must be preserved,” at Jefferson’s birthday dinner.
1830 December 7	Recommended that the Southern Indians be removed to the Indian Territory.
1831	Two wings added to the Hermitage.
1832 July 10	Vetoed bill re-chartering the Bank of the United States.
1832 November	Re-elected President of the United States.
1832 December 10	Issued proclamation to nullifiers of South Carolina.
1833 June 26	Harvard College conferred the degree of LL.D.
1833 September 23	Ordered withdrawal of deposits from the Bank of the United States.
1834	Hermitage damaged by fire; repaired. No changes since.
1834 March 28	Censured by Senate by resolution for removing public deposits from the Bank of the United States.
1835 December 29	Treaty with the Cherokee Indians for their removal to Indian Territory.
1835 January 8	Proclaimed the payment in full of national debt of the United States.
1837 January 16	Resolution passed in the Senate expunging the resolution of censure of 1834.
1837 March 4	Issued farewell address to people of the United States.
1839	Became a member of the Presbyterian Church near the Hermitage.
1840 January 18	Visited New Orleans.
1845 June 8	Sunday, at 6 P.M., died.
1845 June 10	Buried by the side of Mrs. Jackson at the Hermitage.