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...