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On February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln was born near Hodgenville, Kentucky.
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(exact date unknown) New Salem was founded by James Rutledge and John Camron as a mill in 1828.
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(exact dates unknown) Lincoln moved to New Salem in July of 1831. He lived there for 6 years.
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(exact date unknown) Berry and Lincoln moved their store, The First Berry Lincoln Store, to New Salem in mid-January 1833.
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On February 25, 1837, the Illinois General Assembly voted to relocate the State Capitol.
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On July 4, 1837, the first brick was laid for Illinois' New State Capitol.
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(exact date unknown) New Salem was abandoned in 1840
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(exact dates unknown) Abraham Lincoln served his final term as a state lawmaker in the state house from 1840 to 1841.
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(exact date unknown) In 1841, the construction of the Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices was completed.
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Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd get married in Springfield, Illinois on November 4, 1842.
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Their first child, Robert, was born in the Lincoln home.
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(exact date unknown) In 1844, William Herndon became Abraham Lincoln's new law partner, replacing Stephan Logan.
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Purchased by Mary and Abraham Lincoln for $1,200 and was the only home Abraham Lincoln had ever owned.
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Abraham Lincoln and his family lived in the house from 1844 to 1861. Abraham Lincoln moved out to live in the White House when he became the 16th president of the United States.
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Their second child, Edward, was born.
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Edward dies at 3 years and 11 months old.
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Abraham and Mary's third child, William, was born.
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Thomas Lincoln, Mary and Abraham Lincoln's last child, was born on April 4, 1853.
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When Lincoln became president on March 4,1861, he rented the house and sold most of their furniture.
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Abraham Lincoln was the President of the United States from March 4, 1861 to April 14, 1865.
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William Lincoln dies at age 11 in the White House on February 20, 1862
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On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while he was attending a play.
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(exact date unknown) Robert Todd Lincoln, Lincoln’s son, donated the Lincoln Home to the state of Illinois in 1887 under the condition that the house must be well-maintained and open to the public free of charge.
