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Dolley was born near Guilford, North Carolina.
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She grew up as a quaker in Philadelphia with her nine siblings.
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She married a quaker lawyer named John Todd and had two young boys - John Payne Todd and William Temple Todd.
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Her husband and son William die from the Yellow Fever.
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Aaron Burr introduces James Madison to Dolley Payne.
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Dolley marries James Madison. James - 43, Dolley - 26.
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Becomes 3rd president.
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in the US opens in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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establishes the principal of judical review in the case of Marbury vs. Madison.
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is charged with treason for plotting to set up a seperate nation on lands claimed by th United States and Spain. At a trial presided over by John Marshall, Burr is acquitted.
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James becomes president and she becomes the First Lady.
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vote of 79-49 in the House and 19-13 in the Senate, the US declares war against Britain.
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Francis Scott Key writes the Star Spangled Banner.
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A peace treaty is signed.
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James' term as President ends and Dolley is no longer First Lady.
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die on the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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85 years old.
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She gets poorer and poorer with her son in debt and a heavy drinker. She has to sell some of James' papers and their home Montpeliar.
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The first Woman'sRights Convention in history is held in Seneca Falls, New York.
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She dies in poverty, but her funeral is a state occasion. She dies in Washington D.C. 81 years old.
