Abraham Lincoln

Full Name: Abraham Lincoln
Nationality: American
Profession: US President
Why Famous: Led the United States through the American Civil War and abolished slavery.
Born: 12th February, 1809
Star Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Hodgenville, Kentucky, USA
Died: 15th April, 1865 (aged 56)
Cause of Death: Assassination

Biography: Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its greatest constitutional, military, and moral crisis—the American Civil War—preserving the Union, abolishing slavery, strengthening the national government and modernizing the economy. Reared in a poor family on the western frontier, Lincoln was self-educated, and became a country lawyer, a Whig Party leader, Illinois state legislator during the 1830s, and a one-term member of the United States House of Representatives during the 1840s. (Wikipedia)

Married Life

1842-11-04 - U.S. first lady Mary Todd Lincoln (23) weds US president Abraham Lincoln (33) in Springfield, Illinois

Historical Events in the Life of Abraham Lincoln

1849-03-10 - Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent (the US president to do so) for a device to lift a boat over shoals and obstructions
1849-05-22 - Abraham Lincoln patents a buoying device
1854-10-04 - Abraham Lincoln made his 1st political speech at Illinois State Fair
1858-06-16 - Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand"accepting Illinois Republican Party's nomination for the Senate
1860-02-27 - Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
1860-05-16 - -18] Chicago: Republican convention selects Abraham Lincoln as candidate
1860-05-18 - Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president
1860-11-06 - Abraham Lincoln (Rep-R-Ill) elected 16th American President
1861-02-13 - Abraham Lincoln declared president
1862-02-25 - Paper currency (greenbacks) introduced in US by Pres Abraham Lincoln
1863-03-03 - Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences
1863-12-08 - Abraham Lincoln's Amnesty Proclamation and plan for Reconstruction of South
1864-11-08 - Abraham Lincoln (R) elected to his 2nd term as American President
1865-03-03 - US Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands established by Abraham Lincoln to help destitute free blacks
1865-04-11 - Abraham Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction
1865-04-14 - President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater
1865-04-21 - Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington
1887-04-10 - President Abraham Lincoln's re-buried with his wife in Springfield, Ilinois

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 External links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/abrahamlincoln 
http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org