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February 12, 1809, Hardin County, Kentucky. "Lincoln Day."
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Lincoln's brother Thomas dies in Kentucky in infancy (Date unknown)
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OCTOBER 5, 1818
Lincoln's mother Nancy dies of illness in Spencer County, Indiana. -
DECEMBER 13, 1818
Lincoln's future wife Mary is born to Robert and Eliza Todd in Lexington, Kentucky -
DECEMBER 2, 1819
Lincoln's father marries Sarah Bush Johnston, a widow, in Elizabethtown, Kentucky -
1820 - Abraham, now 11, briefly attends school.
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AUGUST 2, 1826
Lincoln's sister Sarah marries Aaron Grigsby in Indiana -
JANUARY 20, 1828
Lincoln's sister Sarah dies at age 20 while giving birth. -
1830 - In March, Abe and his family begin a 200-mile journey to Illinois where they settle on uncleared land along the Sangamon River, near Decatur. Abe makes his first-ever political speech in favor of improving navigation on the Sangamon River.
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Mar 1831
In 1830 the Lincolns left Indiana for Illinois. Abraham made a second flatboat trip to New Orleans, and in 1831 he left home for New Salem -
In 1831, Abraham Lincoln was a young man of 22 when he and a couple of companions floated down the Sangamon River in a flatboat on their way to New Orleans
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Mar 1832
Lincoln began his political career in 1832 at age 23 with an unsuccessful campaign for the Illinois General Assembly as a member of the Whig Party -
Apr 21 1832
His first enlistment was as elected captain of a company in the 4th Regiment of Mounted Volunteers, of Gen. Samuel Whiteside's Brigade. He then later re-enlists two more times. -
Aug 6 1832
Lincoln was appointed his postmaster's position by President Andrew Jackson, a Democrat, on May 7, 1833 -
Oct 1833
‘In the fall of 1833 came Abraham Lincoln’s entry into the most highly technical and responsible work he had known -
1834 - On August 4th, Abraham Lincoln, age 24, is elected to the Illinois General Assembly as a member of the Whig Party. He begins to study law. In December, he first meets Stephen A. Douglas, 21, a Democrat.
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Mar 1 1837
Admitted to the bar in 1837, he moved to Springfield, Illinois that same year and began to practice law with John T. Stuart -
NOVEMBER 4, 1842
Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Illinois -
AUGUST 1, 1843
Lincoln's son Robert Todd Lincoln is born in Springfield, Illinois -
MARCH 10, 1846
Lincoln's son Edward Baker Lincoln is born in Springfield, Illinois -
Aug 3 1846
In 1846 Lincoln was elected to one term in the U.S. House of Representatives -
FEBRUARY 1, 1850
Lincoln's son Edward dies at age 3 years and 11 months in Springfield, Illinois. -
DECEMBER 21, 1850
Lincoln's son William Wallace Lincoln is born in Springfield, Illinois -
JANUARY 17, 1851
Lincoln's father Thomas dies at age 73 in Coles County, Illinois. -
Oct 16 1854
Speech on the Repeal of the Missouri Compromise Abraham Lincoln Speech at Peoria, Illinois October 16, 1854 -
Jun 16 1858
A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free. -
Oct 13 1858
Lincoln Declares Slavery a Moral Wrong in the Sixth Lincoln-Douglas Debate which was one of seven debates. -
Nov 6 1860
Lincoln was chosen as the Republican candidate for the 1860 election for several reasons -
Mar 4 1861
Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln -
Sep 22 1862
The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. -
Nov 19 1863
On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered a short speech at the close of ceremonies dedicating the battlefield cemetery -
Apr 14 1865
Shortly after 10 P.M. on April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln.
