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Licoln's father (Thomas Lincoln) is born in Virginia.
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Thomas' family moves to Kentucky
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Thomas' father is killed by natives.
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Thomas marries Nancy Hanks.
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The Lincolns have a daughter, and name her Sarah.
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Thomas buys a farm in Kentucky named "Sinking Spring".
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Abraham Lincoln is born in a one room cabin in Kentucky.
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The Lincoln family moves to a farm 10 miles away from Sinking Spring.
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The Lincolns give birth to a boy (Thomas), but he dies in infancy.
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A young Abraham is kicked in the head by a horse and thought to be dead.
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Abraham's mother dies of "milk sickness"
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Abraham's father marries again, to Sarah Bush Johnston.
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Abraham breifly attends school.
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Abraham breifly attends school.
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Abraham picks up the nickname "Abe" and the habit of avid reading.
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Abraham, along with Allen Genty,fight off seven african-americans in a robbery attempt in New Orleans. Abraham also witnesses what the slave auction was.
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Abraham's sister, previously married, dies while giving birth.
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Abraham and family begin a 200 mile trip to Illnois. Also, Abraham makes his first politicial speech.
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Abe makes a second trip to New Orleans
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Abraham joins the army and serves a total of three months.
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Abraham, at age 24, is elected to the Illnois General Assembly as a member of the "Whig Party" and starts to practice law. Also, he meets Stephen A. Douglas for the first time.
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Licoln is re-elected to the Whig Party as their leader. Also, he gets his license to practice law.
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Licoln helps wins the famous murder case defending Henry Truett.
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He meets Mary Todd for the first time at a dance.
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Licoln argues his first case by himself, and he becomes engaged to Mary Todd.
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Lincoln ends the engagement with Mary. Also, he goes to Kentucky by speedboat where he sees 12 slaves chained together.
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After a resumed engagement, Lincoln and Mary Todd wed.
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Lincoln and Mary have their first child, Robert Todd Lincoln.
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The Lincolns' have their second son, Edward Baker Lincoln. Also, Lincoln is elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Lincoln's son Edward dies of a two month sickness. From his reputation Lincoln gets the nickname "Honest Abe". And the Lincolns' have another child (William Wallace Lincoln).
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Lincoln's father dies.
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The Lincolns' have their fourth son, Thomas Lincoln
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Lincoln is elected to be the 16th president, getting 180 out of 303 possible votes.
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Lincoln delivers the Gerrysburg Address.
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A plan to kidnap Lincoln, plotted by John Wilkes Booth, fails when he doesnt arrive at the soilder's homes.
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Lincoln is shot in the back of the head by John Wilkes Booth, while attending "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater. Lincoln dies at 7:22 the next day.
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John Wilkes Booth is killed in Virginia
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Lincoln Memorial is built to commemorate Abraham Lincoln.
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Abraham Lincoln, along with George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,and Theodore Roosevelt, are sculpted into mount rushmore.
