James Madison Timeline: Presidential Timeline of Important Events |
| 1809 | His inauguration as 4th President of the United States |
| 1811 | The First Bank had been chartered for 20 years by the United States Congress on February 25, 1791. The charter therefore expired in 1811 and the bill to re-charter failed in the House of Representatives - this led to difficulties financing the War of 1812 |
| 1811 | The Battle of Tippecanoe in which William Harrison fought Native American Indians, led by Tecumseh, at Tippecanoe, near Indianapolis in November 1811 |
| 1811 | The Construction of Cumberland Road began in Maryland. The era of road building began including the Turnpikes (Toll Roads) |
| 1812 | The War of 1812 aka the Second War for Independence, between the United States and Great Britain |
| 1813 | The Creek War (1813–1814) resulted in U.S. victory over Creek Native Indians, who were British allies during the War of 1812, resulted in the vast cession of their lands in Alabama and Georgia |
| 1813 | The Peoria War between the U. S. Army, settlers and the Native American tribes of the Potawatomi and the Kickapoo tribes in the Peoria area of Illinois. |
| 1814 | August 14, 1814: The City of Washington was burned by the British during the War of 1812 |
| 1814 | December 15, 1814 - January 5, 1815: The secret Hartford Convention in which Federalists discussed the possible secession of the New England states from the union |
| 1814 | The US National Anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner" was written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812 |
| 1814 | The National motto "In God we trust" originated in the Meaning and Lyrics of the Star Spangled Banner |
| 1815 | Andrew Jackson defeated the British at New Orleans on January 8, 1815 |
| 1815 | February 18, 1815 - the Treaty of Ghent ended the 32 month long War of 1812 |
| 1815 | World affairs: Napoleon was finally defeated at Waterloo. |
| 1815 | The Second Barbary War (1815) erupted and the US again fought along the coast of North Africa over the harassment of U.S. ships by the pirate Barbary States of Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli. It ended as a victory for America |
| 1816 | The charter for the Second Bank of the United States was signed into law by President James Madison on April 10, 1816 |
| 1816 | The Protective Tariff of 1816 was passed by Congress |
| 1817 | His presidency and term in office ends. The next US President was James Monroe |
James Madison Timeline of important Events |