{"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": 21, "years": 16, "span": [1781, 1861], "span_label": ["1781 CE", "1861 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 9}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "united-states-congress", "label": "United States Congress", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "florida", "label": "Florida", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "native-americans-in-the-united-states", "label": "Native Americans in the United States", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alabama", "label": "Alabama", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "war-of-1812", "label": "War of 1812", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "baltimore", "label": "Baltimore", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"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": 1800, "year_label": "1800 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 2", "text": "June 2 – Nicholas P. Trist, secretary to President Andrew Jackson of the U.S. (d. 1874)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370325498#January–June", "title": "1800", "revid": 1370325498, "section": "Births › January–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": 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": 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": 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": "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": 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": 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": "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": 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": "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": 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": "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": 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": 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": 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": 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": 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"}}, {"year": 1861, "year_label": "1861 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 13", "text": "June 13 – Richard Lawrence, failed assassin of Andrew Jackson (b. 1800)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368946725#January–June", "title": "1861", "revid": 1368946725, "section": "Deaths › January–June"}}]}