Thomas 'Tad' Lincoln died of heart failure.

Abraham Lincoln died.

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox.

Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address.

The House of Representatives passed the 13th Amendment.

The Senate passed the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery.

Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.

Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

Willie Lincoln died of a fever at the White House.

Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteer troops to preserve the Union.

Confederate forces fired on Union troops at Fort Sumter, starting the Civil War.

Lincoln delivered his first inaugural address.

Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th President of the United States.

Thomas 'Tad' Lincoln, Abraham's youngest son, was born.

Willie Lincoln, Abraham's third son, was born.

Edward Baker Lincoln (Eddie), Abraham's second son, died.

Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd.

The wedding between Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd was initially set but was canceled.

Abraham Lincoln delivered his first major speech at the Lyceum in Springfield, Illinois.

Lincoln wrote a letter to Mary Owens suggesting she end their relationship.

Abraham Lincoln was admitted to the Illinois bar.

Francis McIntosh was burned alive in St. Louis, Missouri, an event that influenced Lincoln's views.

Ann Rutledge died, possibly of typhoid fever, which deeply affected Lincoln.

Sarah Lincoln, Abraham's sister, died while giving birth to a stillborn son.

Thomas Lincoln married Sarah Bush Johnston.

Nancy Lincoln died from milk sickness.

Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Kentucky.

Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln were married.