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A timeline of Abraham Lincoln's life with illustrations by Mrs. Favale's 1st graders (and me!)

Created by dclough on Feb 14, 2011

Last updated: 02/15/11 at 12:52 PM

• The Civil War ends, Abraham Lincoln is shot and killed at a theater
  1865

• Abe is re-elected President of the United States
  1864

• Abe issues the Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves
  1863

• His son Willie 11, dies of a fever
  1862

• Abe moves to Washington DC, the Civil War begins
  1861

• Abe is elected 16th President of the United States
  1860

• Abe runs for Senate, but loses again
  1859

• Abe runs for the Senate, but loses
  1855

• His fourth son Tad is born
  1853

  His real name was Thomas but his dad nicknamed him Tadpole because he was squirmy

• His son Edward 3, dies of sickness. Another son, Willie, is born
  1850

• He moves back to Springfield to continue being a lawyer
  1849

• He moves to Washington DC for his new job in Congress
  1847

• Abe's second son Edward is born, he is elected as a U.S. Congressman from Illinois
  1846

• Abe's first son Robert is born
  1843

  Robert is the only son who lives to adulthood

• Abe gets back together with Mary Todd, marries her
  1842

• Abe breaks up with Mary Todd
  1841

• Abe gets engaged to Mary Todd
  1840

• Abe meets Mary Todd, 21, at a dance
  1839

• Abe moves to Springfield Illinois, the new capital.
  1837

  He also proposes to Mary Owen, but she rejects him.

• Abe gets his license to practice law
  1836

• Abe falls in love with Ann Rutledge, but she dies of sickness
  1835

• Abe is elected to the Illinois General Assembly, starts studying law
  1834

• Abe's new store fails, he gets jobs as postmaster and surveyor
  1833

• Abe's store goes out of business, he starts another
  1832

• Abe moves out on is own, gets a job as a store clerk
  1831

• Lincoln family moves to Illinois
  1830

• Abe's sister Sarah dies in childbirth
  1828

• Abe's father re-marries
  1819

  His new mother is named Sarah. She is a widow and has 3 children (John 9, Matilda 10, and Elizabeth 13)

• Abe's mother dies of milk sickness
  1818

• Lincoln family moves to Indiana
  1816

• A brother Thomas is born, but dies soon after
  1812

• Abraham Lincoln is born in a log cabin in Kentucky
  Feb 12, 1809

  His parents are Thomas and Nancy. He has an older sister, Sarah, who is 2 years old.