Abraham Lincoln born in Hardin County, Kentucky, near Hodgenville
Mother Nancy Hanks Lincoln dies
milk sickness
Lincoln becomes a legislature candidate.
Lincoln wins his second bid for election to the Illinois House of Representatives.
Lincoln and eight friends are successful in passing a bill to move the state capital from Vandalia to Springfield.
Lincoln moves to Springfield, rooms with Joshua F. Speed, and becomes the law partner of John T. Stuart.
Lincoln and Mary Todd are married by the Rev. Charles Dresser in the home of her brother-in-law Ninian W. Edwards
Robert Todd Lincoln, the Lincoln’s first child, is born at the Globe Tavern.
The Lincoln’s second child, Edward Baker, is born.
With an unprecedented majority of 1,511 votes over his Democratic opponent Rev. Peter Cartwright, Lincoln is the only Whig among seven congressmen elected from Illinois.
Lincoln's second child Edward dies after a 52-day illness.
Lincoln is nominated for President on the third ballot by the Republican National Convention in Chicago.
Lincoln becomes the first Republican to be elected President of the United States.
President-elect Lincoln delivers his farewell speech to the people of Springfield from the rear of a train car at the Great Western Railroad Station.
William (Willie) Wallace Lincoln dies. He is the second if four sons the Lincolns have lost.
Actor John Wilkes Booth shoots Lincoln in Ford’s Theatre.
Abraham Lincoln is pronounced dead at 7:22 a.m. in the home of William Petersen.
Lincoln is buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield.