Abraham Lincoln
19th Century
1809 – 1865 · American
The Great Emancipator
10 lessons on the calendar
Jan 1
Emancipation Proclamation Takes Effect
1863 CE
Jan 31
Congress Passes the Thirteenth Amendment
1865 CE
Feb 12
Abraham Lincoln Born
1809 CE
Mar 4
Abraham Lincoln Takes Office
1861 CE
Apr 14
Lincoln Assassinated at Ford's Theatre
1865 CE
Jun 19
Juneteenth: Emancipation Reaches Texas
1865 CE
Sep 22
Lincoln Issues the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
1862 CE
Nov 6
Abraham Lincoln Elected President
1860 CE
Nov 19
Gettysburg Address Delivered
1863 CE
Dec 6
Thirteenth Amendment Ratified
1865 CE
About
Abraham Lincoln guided the United States through its bloodiest conflict, the Civil War, and issued the Emancipation Proclamation, forever changing the nation's course. Born in a log cabin in Kentucky, he rose through self-education and law to become the 16th President.
Key Facts
16th President of the United States (1861–1865)
Issued the Emancipation Proclamation (1863), freeing enslaved people in Confederate states
Led the Union through the Civil War
Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865
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