+ 1812-The Dix family moved to Vermont because the town of Hampden was invaded by the British in the war of 1812.
+ 1816- Dorothea opened her first school in Worcester Massachusetts
+ 1819-Dorothea shut down her school and went back to the Dix mansion.
+ 1822- Dorothea taught two classes in the Dix mansion form 1822-1836.
+ 1837-Dorothea fell ill and went on vacation to England.
+ 1841-Dorothea worked as a volunteer at the Cambridge Jail in Massachusetts.
+ 1848- Dorothea sent a document to the United States congress asking if they could set land aside for the mentally ill. Both the houses approved but the bill was vetoed by the president.
+ 1855-Dorothea became a volunteer to the Nursing Corps in the Civil War.
+ 1887-Dorothea died in the New Jersey Hospital July 17, 1887.