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Brought into the World
Lincoln was born in Kentucky in a cabin on Nolin Creek. -
Election
Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States. He was the very first Republican to be elected. -
First Inaugural Speech
Abraham Lincoln takes oath of office and gives his first inaugural speech http://www.angelfire.com/my/abrahamlincoln/Inaugural1.html -
Willie's Death
Lincoln's son, Willie, died from Typhoid fever. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln announces his intentions of creating the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves in Confederate states in the South. He believes the border states will remain in the Union. The Proclamation actually goes into effect on January 1, 1863. -
Ulysses S. Grant
Lincoln appoints Ulysses S. Grant as his lieutenant general soon after Grant lead troops to Vicksburg, Mississippi to take control of all of Mississippi. -
Reelected
Abraham Lincoln was reelected as President of the United States with Andrew Johson as his Vice-President. However, Johson gives up his seat to Hannibal Hamlin on March 4, 1865 -
Lincoln's Assassination
Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head while attending "Our American Cousin" with his wife. Lincoln died the next morning. -
Booth Dies
Twelve days after Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, Union soldiers track him down and kill him in a Virginia farm. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/death-of-john-wilkes-booth -
Burial
Lincoln was burried in Oak Ridge Cemetery near Springfield, Illinois. However, the actual funeral reception was on April 19.
