Abraham Lincoln Timeline
Complete Abraham Lincoln timeline: 17 life events, each with age. Put your own life next to Abraham Lincoln's, aligned age by age — free on LifePath.
- 1809 — Birth
- 1816 — Family moves to Indiana
- 1818 — Mother Nancy Hanks Lincoln dies
- 1819 — Father remarries Sarah Bush Johnston
- 1828 — Sister Sarah dies in childbirth
- 1828 — Flatboat trip to New Orleans
- 1830 — Family moves to Illinois
- 1831 — Moves to New Salem
- 1831 — Flatboat trip to New Orleans (second trip)
- 1832 — Serves in Black Hawk War as capitan
- 1832 — Runs for Illinois state legislature (defeated)
- 1837 — Law Practice
- 1847 — Elected to Congress
- 1861 — Presidency
- 1863 — Emancipation Proclamation
- 1864 — Re-election
- 1865 — Assassination