1767: Born in South Carolina a few days after his father dies

1780: American Revolution spreads to the Carolinas ; Jackson's oldest brother is killed; Jackson and his surviving brother Robert are imprisoned by British soldiers; Robert and mother die of smallpox

1787: Certified to practice law

1792: Marries Rachel Donelson, whose husband, Lewis Robards, had petitioned for divorce in 1791

1793: Robards, who never completed the original divorce proceedings, sues to divorce Rachel Jackson as an adulterer; Andrew and Rachel marry again in 1794

1796: Jackson attends convention where the state of Tennessee is established

1796-97: Serves as Tennessee's first member in the U.S. House of Representatives

1797-98: Serves Tennessee as U.S. senator

1798-1804: Serves as justice on Tennessee Supreme Court

1803: Commissioned as major general of Tennessee militia

1815: Soundly defeats British forces in the Battle of New Orleans

1818: Controversy over his killing two British citizens for inciting Seminole Indians to...