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Abraham Lincoln is born in Kentuckey.
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Nancy Lincoln dies from milk sickness.The Lincoln family is very sad.
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Abraham is elected to Illinos state legislature
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Abraham votes against pro-slavery resolutions in Illionois legislature.
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Lincoln is offically licensed to practice law.
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Lincoln is officially licensed to practice law.
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Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfeild, Illinos.
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Lincoln is elected to Congress.
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Lincoln is elected as the sixteenth presedent.
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The first shots of the Civil War are fired at Fort Sumter.
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Lincoln singns the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Lincoln gives the Gettysburg Address to the people.
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The Thirteenth Amendment is passed abolishing slavery.
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Lincoln is elected for a second term.
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John Wilkes Booth shoots Lincoln at the Ford's Theatre.The president dies the next morning.
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Memorial Day dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Wahsington D.C.