Abraham lincoln november 1863

Abraham Lincoln

By J_Ro

  • Abraham Lincoln is born

    Abraham Lincoln is born
    Abraham Lincoln is born in a one-room log cabin on Nolin Creek in Kentucky.

  • Abraham's mother dies

    Abraham's mother dies
    Young Abraham is kicked in the head by a horse and for a brief time is thought to be dead. On October 5th, Nancy Hanks Lincoln (his mother) dies of "milk sickness."

  • House of Representatives

    House of Representatives
    Lincoln wins his second bid for election to the Illinois House of
    Representatives.

  • President

    President
    Lincoln becomes the first Republican to be elected President of
    the United States.

  • Lincoln Dies

    Lincoln Dies
    Actor John Wilkes Booth shoots Lincoln in Ford’s Theatre.