| 1809 |
Abraham Lincoln was
born on a Sunday morning on February 12. |
| 1815 |
Abraham spent a
short time in a log schoolhouse. He began to learn from a teacher named Zachariah Riney. |
| 1816 |
Young Lincoln was
saved from drowning by playmate Austin Gollaber. |
| 1819 |
Abraham was kicked
and almost killed by a horse. |
| 1827 |
Abraham earned his
first dollar ferrying passengers to a steamer on the Ohio River. |
| 1830 |
The Lincolns move
from Indiana to Illinois. |
| 1831 |
Young Lincoln
decided to leave his family and go off on his own. |
| 1834 |
Lincoln ran for the
Illinois State Legislature and was elected. |
| 1836 |
Lincoln was
re-elected to the Illinois House of Representatives. On September 9th, he was
licensed to practice law. |
| 1838 |
Lincoln was elected
for the third time to the Illinois House of Representatives. |
| 1840 |
For the fourth and
last time, Lincoln was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives. He got engaged to
Mary Todd. |
| 1842 |
Lincoln married Mary
Todd on November 4. |
| 1843 |
The first son of the
Lincolns, Robert Todd was born on August 1 at the Globe Tavern. |
| 1846 |
The Lincolns second
son; Edward Baker, was born on March 10. On August 3, Lincoln was elected to the United
States House of Representatives. |
| 1847 |
He spoke against the
Mexican War. |
| 1850 |
Lincoln’s
son "Eddie" died on February 1. His third son, William Wallace, was born on
December 21. |
| 1853 |
Lincoln’s last
son Thomas was born on April 4. |
| 1856 |
He gave his famous
"Lost Speech" on May 29. |
| 1856 |
Lincoln was
nominated by the Republicans to run for the U.S. Senate. He gave his "House
Divided" speech. |
| 1860 |
On November 6,
Lincoln was elected President. |
| 1863 |
On November 19,
Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address. |
| 1865 |
On March 4th,
Lincoln was elected as President for the second time.
On April 14th Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at about 10 : 15 PM. and
died the next morning at 7 : 22. |
