Abraham Lincoln Timeline By frajterk04 Feb 12, 1809 Abe Lincoln was born Jan 1, 1814 Bicycle invented Jan 1, 1835 Morse Code invention Jan 1, 1837 Telephone invented Nov 4, 1842 Marrige Abe married Mary Todd Aug 1, 1843 First Child Jan 1, 1855 Darwin Discovered evolution Jan 1, 1861 Electric Furnace Jan 1, 1861 Cofederate states of America are formed Mar 3, 1861 Lincoln's presidency starts Apr 12, 1861 Civil war begins Apr 12, 1861 Attack on fort Sumpter Apr 19, 1861 first shot of the civil war Jun 20, 1861 west virginia is part of the union Dec 7, 1861 Treaty of U.S. and Mexico Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation used as international event and political events Oct 31, 1864 Nevada enters the union Apr 14, 1865 Lincoln's assasination Apr 18, 1865 Civil War ends Nov 7, 1865 blockade on south Jan 1, 1866 dynamite