{"slug": "andrew-jackson", "label": "Andrew Jackson", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11817", "qid": "Q11817", "description": "president of the United States from 1829 to 1837", "entries": 33, "years": 17, "span": [1767, 1845], "span_label": ["1767 CE", "1845 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 13}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 9}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "president-of-the-united-states", "label": "President of the United States", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "john-quincy-adams", "label": "John Quincy Adams", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "henry-clay", "label": "Henry Clay", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "war-of-1812", "label": "War of 1812", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "alabama", "label": "Alabama", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "muscogee", "label": "Muscogee", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "vice-president-of-the-united-states", "label": "Vice President of the United States", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-states-senate", "label": "United States Senate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-states-congress", "label": "United States Congress", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "florida", "label": "Florida", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-states-house-of-representatives", "label": "United States House of Representatives", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-ireland", "label": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1767, "year_label": "1767 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "March 15", "text": "March 15 – Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States (d. 1845)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365587024#Births", "title": "1767", "revid": 1365587024, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1781, "year_label": "1781 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 10", "text": "April 10 – Future U.S. President Andrew Jackson, age 14, is slashed by a British officer's sword at his home near Waxhaw, North Carolina, after refusing to clean the officer's boots, an event that leaves physical and psychological scars.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370562964#April–June", "title": "1781", "revid": 1370562964, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1806, "year_label": "1806 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 30", "text": "May 30 – Future President of the United States Andrew Jackson fights his third duel, killing lawyer Charles Dickinson following a dispute over payment of a forfeit.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368311144#April–June", "title": "1806", "revid": 1368311144, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1806, "year_label": "1806 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 30", "text": "May 30 – Future President Andrew Jackson fights his second duel, killing Charles Dickinson.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370569641#Events", "title": "1806 in the United States", "revid": 1370569641, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1814, "year_label": "1814 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 27", "text": "March 27 – War of 1812 – Battle of Horseshoe Bend: In northern Alabama, United States forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek Indians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360305709#March", "title": "1814", "revid": 1360305709, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1814, "year_label": "1814 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 27", "text": "March 27 – Creek War – Battle of Horseshoe Bend: In northern Alabama, United States forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek Indians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369652680#January–June", "title": "1814 in the United States", "revid": 1369652680, "section": "Events › January–June"}}, {"year": 1815, "year_label": "1815 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January", "text": "January – Unaware of the Treaty of Ghent, General Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) wins the Battle of New Orleans.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349956035#Events", "title": "1815 in Canada", "revid": 1349956035, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1815, "year_label": "1815 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 8", "text": "January 8 – Battle of New Orleans: American forces led by Andrew Jackson defeat British forces led by Sir Edward Pakenham. American forces suffer around 60 casualties and the British lose about 2,000 (the battle lasts for about 30 minutes).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365587765#January", "title": "1815", "revid": 1365587765, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1815, "year_label": "1815 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 8", "text": "January 8 – War of 1812 – Battle of New Orleans: American forces under Andrew Jackson, John Coffee, and William Carroll, and John Adair defeat an invading British force.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369628884#Events", "title": "1815 in the United States", "revid": 1369628884, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1816, "year_label": "1816 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 22", "text": "March 22 – The United States signs a treaty with the Cherokee Nation, acknowledging that it will return land in Alabama and Georgia that had been illegally ceded to the U.S. in 1814 by the Creek Nation. General and future U.S. president Andrew Jackson, refuses to honor the treaty, and uses the controversy as a justification for removing Indians from the southeastern United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363267979#January–March", "title": "1816", "revid": 1363267979, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1818, "year_label": "1818 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 15", "text": "March 15 – First Seminole War: General Andrew Jackson and his American army invade Florida.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373165947#January–March", "title": "1818", "revid": 1373165947, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1818, "year_label": "1818 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 1", "text": "April 1 – First Seminole War – Battle of Miccosukee, Florida: General Andrew Jackson defeats chief Kinhagee.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373165947#April–June", "title": "1818", "revid": 1373165947, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1818, "year_label": "1818 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 15", "text": "July 15 – U.S. President James Monroe convenes a cabinet meeting, to discuss whether General Andrew Jackson's unauthorized invasion and conquest of Spanish Florida should be disavowed by the White House. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams persuades the President that the action is justifiable, in stopping terror caused by the Seminole tribes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373165947#July–September", "title": "1818", "revid": 1373165947, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1824, "year_label": "1824 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 3", "text": "December 3 – 1824 United States presidential election: None of the four candidates for U.S. president— Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay or William H. Crawford— gain a majority of the electoral votes, although Jackson has a plurality of 40.5% of the popular vote. John C. Calhoun wins a majority of the electoral votes for Vice President. The election for President is carried out by the U.S. House of Representatives on February 9, 1825, pursuant to the Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, with each of the 24 states having a vote, of which Adams receives 13 votes for the minimum majority necessary .", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359333471#October–December", "title": "1824", "revid": 1359333471, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1827, "year_label": "1827 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 21", "text": "May 21 – The Maryland Democratic Party is founded by supporters of Andrew Jackson in Baltimore, and hosts its first meeting at the Baltimore Atheneum.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362794712#April–June", "title": "1827", "revid": 1362794712, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1828, "year_label": "1828 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 1", "text": "June 1 – Lyncoya Jackson, second adopted son of American President Andrew Jackson (b. c. 1811)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371323922#January–June", "title": "1828", "revid": 1371323922, "section": "Deaths › January–June"}}, {"year": 1828, "year_label": "1828 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 3", "text": "December 3 – 1828 United States presidential election: Andrew Jackson is elected President of the United States, defeating incumbent John Quincy Adams in a landslide.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371323922#October–December", "title": "1828", "revid": 1371323922, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1828, "year_label": "1828 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 3", "text": "December 3 – U.S. presidential election: Challenger Andrew Jackson beats incumbent John Quincy Adams and is elected President of the United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1322982275#Events", "title": "1828 in the United States", "revid": 1322982275, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1828, "year_label": "1828 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 22", "text": "December 22 – Rachel Jackson, wife of U.S. President Andrew Jackson (b. 1767)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371323922#July–December", "title": "1828", "revid": 1371323922, "section": "Deaths › July–December"}}, {"year": 1830, "year_label": "1830 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 28", "text": "May 28 – The Indian Removal Act is signed into law by U.S. President Andrew Jackson, beginning the \"Trail of Tears\" with the forced relocation of more than 60,000 Indigenous Americans from the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations from the southeastern United States to what is now the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The relocation is accomplished by the end of 1838. In addition to the five tribes, thousands of Indian-owned black slaves are moved as well, and the move has the effect of beginning mass destruction of bison in North America.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352223718#April–June", "title": "1830", "revid": 1352223718, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1832, "year_label": "1832 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "July 10", "text": "July 10 – President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369651776#Events", "title": "1832 in the United States", "revid": 1369651776, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1832, "year_label": "1832 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 2", "text": "November 2–December 5 – Andrew Jackson defeats Henry Clay in the U.S. presidential election.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369651776#Events", "title": "1832 in the United States", "revid": 1369651776, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1832, "year_label": "1832 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 3", "text": "December 3 – 1832 United States presidential election: Andrew Jackson is re-elected president.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370617764#October–December", "title": "1832", "revid": 1370617764, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1832, "year_label": "1832 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "December 10", "text": "December 10 – U.S. President Andrew Jackson responds to the Nullification Crisis by threatening to send the U.S. Army and Navy into South Carolina if it does not comply.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370617764#October–December", "title": "1832", "revid": 1370617764, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1833, "year_label": "1833 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 4", "text": "March 4 – Andrew Jackson is sworn in for his second term as President of the United States, and Martin Van Buren is sworn in as Vice President of the United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369618364#January–March", "title": "1833 in the United States", "revid": 1369618364, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1833, "year_label": "1833 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 6", "text": "May 6 – In Alexandria, Virginia, an attack is made on U.S. President Andrew Jackson.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369983797#April–June", "title": "1833", "revid": 1369983797, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1833, "year_label": "1833 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "June 6", "text": "June 6 – Andrew Jackson becomes the first U.S. president to ride a railroad train.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369618364#April–June", "title": "1833 in the United States", "revid": 1369618364, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1834, "year_label": "1834 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "March 28", "text": "March 28 – Andrew Jackson is censured by the United States Congress (expunged in 1837).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360367111#January–March", "title": "1834", "revid": 1360367111, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1834, "year_label": "1834 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "March 28", "text": "March 28 – The United States Senate censures President Andrew Jackson for his actions in defunding the Second Bank of the United States (censure expunged in 1837).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1322982417#Events", "title": "1834 in the United States", "revid": 1322982417, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1835, "year_label": "1835 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 30", "text": "January 30 – Attempted assassination of Andrew Jackson: The first assassination attempt against a President of the United States is carried out against President Andrew Jackson at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., by English-born delusional unemployed house painter Richard Lawrence; the attempt fails when his pistols misfire due to humidity.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364866184#January–March", "title": "1835", "revid": 1364866184, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1836, "year_label": "1836 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "July 11", "text": "July 11 – President Andrew Jackson issues the Specie Circular, beginning the failure of the land speculation economy that will lead to the Panic of 1837.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369741816#July–September", "title": "1836 in the United States", "revid": 1369741816, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1845, "year_label": "1845 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 8", "text": "June 8 – Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (b. 1767)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364939346#January–June", "title": "1845", "revid": 1364939346, "section": "Deaths › January–June"}}, {"year": 1845, "year_label": "1845 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 8", "text": "June 8 – Former U.S. President Andrew Jackson, 78, dies at The Hermitage (Nashville, Tennessee).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364939346#April–June", "title": "1845", "revid": 1364939346, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}