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1773: Born in Virginia
1791: Drops his studies in medicine in favor of becoming a soldier; leads group of eighty men from Philadelphia to protect settlers in the Northwest Territory (present-day Ohio )
1794: Cited for bravery in the Battle of Fallen Timbers, where Native American forces are defeated by General Anthony Wayne
1798-1801: Serves as secretary of the Northwest Territory, and then territorial delegate to Congress
1801-12: Serves as territorial governor of Indiana
1811: Breaks Indian confederacy led by Shawnee Chief Tecumseh in the Battle of Tippecanoe in present-day Indiana
1813: After retaking Fort Detroit, which had been surrendered to the British in 1812, Brigadier General Harrison defeats an alliance of British and Native American forces in the Battle of Thames in present- day Ontario, Canada
1816-19: Serves as U.S. congressman from Ohio
1819-21: Serves as Ohio state senator
1825-28: Serves as U.S. senator
1828: Named minister...
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