The Portrait Life of Lincoln PART V A Chronology of the Historic Events in the from the Birth to the Death of Lincoln Chronology of the Life of Lincoln-1809-1817 1809-February 12; Abraham Lincoln born at Hodgensville, Hardin County, Kentucky; parents, Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln. February 28; Embargo Act repealed. March 1; Territory of Illinois organized. March 4; James Madison inaugurated fourth President of the United States, succeeding Thomas Jefferson. 1810-February 12; Abraham Lincoln's first birthday; still living in log cabin where he was born. March 23; Napoleon, in his conquest of the world, decrees that all American vessels entering French ports shall be seized and condemned. June 1; Total population of the United States 7,239,822, of which 1,191,363 are colored slaves. 1811-January 9; Entire militia of New Orleans is called out to suppress negro insurrection. February 12; Abraham Lincoln's second birthday; still living in log cabin where he was born. October 11; First steam ferry-boat in the world across the Hudson river at New York. October 29; First steamboat on western waters leaves Pittsburg for New Orleans. November 7; Battle of Tippecanoe, in warfare with Indians. November 9; Henry Clay, age 34, Speaker of House of Representatives, having served two terms in United States Senate. 1812 January 9; Society is formed at Trenton for organizing a colony of colored people. February 12; Abraham Lincoln's third birthday; still living at cabin where he was born. March 9; President Madison reveals to Con- England; the naval victories of the Ameri- June 18; New England threatens secession from the Union (the first in United States history) while repudiating war with England. June 23; First naval encounter in War of July 12; First land engagements. Hull August 16; Surrender of Detroit to British. August 19; Constitution destroys British ship-of-war, Guerriere, off Banks of Newfoundland. October 13; Americans attack Queenstown Heights, in Canada, and are severely repulsed. October 13; Wasp victorious over the British ship, Frolic, off the coast of North Carolina. November 1; Daniel Webster enters political life; age 30. 1813-February 12; Abraham Lincoln's fourth birthday; moved during this year from cabin in which he was born to Knob Creek, fifteen miles distant, where he met the first soldier he had ever seen, during War of 1812 which was now raging. 1813-March 4; Inauguration of James Madison into his second term as President of the United States. March 20; Great Britain proclaims Atlantic June 1; Chesapeake captured by the British 1814-January 14; Daniel Webster's first speech in the House on the Enlistment Bill; age 32. February 12; Abraham Lincoln's fifth birthday; he begins his first schooling. August 24; City of Washington_captured by the British; President and Cabinet flee; National Capitol burned. September 13; National hymn, "The Star Spangled Banner," composed during_bombardment of Fort McHenry near Balti more. December 15; Hartford Convention with object of secession. Peace between England and United States ended session. Federalist party ruined. December 19; Birth of Edwin B. Stanton at Steubenville, Ohio, who was to become Lincoln's great secretary of war. December 24; Peace between England and America negotiated through Treaty of Ghent. 1815-January 8; American victory at battle of New Orleans, under Andrew Jackson. June 30; Americans dictate terms of peace at Algiers. February 12; Abraham Lincoln's sixth birth day; during this year he barely escaped March 3; United States declares war against June 18; Hostilities cease between the United August 1; First Peace Society in the world is founded. 1816 February 12; Abraham Lincoln's seventh birthday; removed this year with his parents to Gentryville, Spencer County, Indiana, crossing the Ohio river from Kentucky on a raft. December 11; Indiana admitted into the 1817-February 12; Abraham Lincoln's eighth birthday; living in open camp in Indiana wilderness; wielding the ax in the primeval forest. March 4; James Monroe of Virginia, inau- August 2; First steamship arrives at St. November 20; Outbreak of Seminole Indian December 10; Mississippi admitted into the December 28; American Colonization So- Chronology of the Life of Lincoln-1818-1827 1818 February 12; Abraham Lincoln's ninth birthday; living in rough cabin of unhewn timbers in Indiana, which he helped his father to build. April 4; Act establishing flag of the United August 23; First steamboat trip on Lake October 5; Death of Nancy Hanks, Lincoln's mother, at Pigeon Creek, Indiana; age 35. December 3; Illinois admitted to the Union. December 18; Great agitation of Slavery Question by petition of Missouri for admission to Union as a slave state. 1821-February 12; Abraham Lincoln's twelfth birthday; he was now under the influence of his stepmother, who had awakened in him an eagerness for learning. March 4 James Monroe of Virginia, inaugurated into his second term as President of the United States. August 1; Liberia is secured for the negro colonization by the American Colonization Society. August 10; Missouri admitted into the Union amid a tempest of political excitement; anti-slavery agitation becomes violent. August 10; City Council of Charleston, South Carolina, prohibits opening of night or Sunday school for the instruction of negro slaves. 1822-February 1; First cotton mill is erected in Massachusetts. 1822-February 12; Abraham Lincoln's thirteenth birthday; he was now working on the farm and acting as chore boy for the neighbors, devoting his leisure to ciphering on a wooden shovel and on the logs of his cabin. April 27; Birth of Ulysses S. Grant at Point Pleasant, Ohio, who was to bring victory to Lincoln as commander of the armies in the Civil War. 1823-February 1; Stephen F. Austin obtains from Mexico a grant of land in Texas for colonization. February 12; Abraham Lincoln's fourteenth Declaration of the Monroe protest against interference of any European power on the American continent. 1824-February 12; Abraham Lincoln's fifteenth birthday; it was about this time that he began to read eagerly, and is said to have borrowed all the books within fifty miles of his home. May 22; Protective tariff bill adopted; opposed by the South and New England. August 10; Robert Owen of Scotland establishes a Communistic settlement in Indiana. August 15; Lafayette revisits America. 1825-February 12; Abraham Lincoln's sixteenth birthday; employed in Indiana as ferryman and butcher at six dollars per month. March 4; John Quincy Adams inaugurated sixth President of the United States. October 1; Working people begin to discuss question of shorter hours and greater · safety. October 26-Erie Canal completed, 363 miles long; cost $7,500,000; connects Great Lakes with seaboard at New York. 1826-February 12; Abraham Lincoln's seventeenth birthday; he now began to read his first law book and wrote a paper on the American Government. July 4; Fiftieth anniversary of American July 4; Death of John Adams, second pres- October 1; Morgan Anti-Mason excitement in politics. October 7; First railroad in the United States, three miles long, at Quincy, Massachusetts. October 10; Kerosene first used for illuminating purposes. December 3; Birth of George B. McClellan at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who was to become Lincoln's first general in the Civil War. 1827-February 12; Abraham Lincoln's eighteenth birthday; during this year he earned his first dollar. July 30, Protectionists hold a convention and demand higher tariff. July; Death of Lincoln's sister, Sarah (Nancy), age twenty. Chronology of the Life of Lincoln-1828-1836 1830-February 12; Abraham Lincoln's twenty-first birthday; preparing to leave Indiana with family for Illinois. April 6; First settlement of Mormons, in August 12; The first American railroad is October 5; Américan ports are re-opened to 1831-February 12; Abraham Lincoln's twentysecond birthday; helps his father build their new home in Illinois; works as a flat-boatsman, later acting as clerk in store at New Salem, Illinois. April 21; Beginning of the Black Hawk War in Indiana. April 26; Imprisonment for debt is abolished in New York. August 21; Negro insurrection in Virginia, fifty whites killed. 1832-January 6; Founding of American AntiSlavery Society by William Lloyd Garri son. February 12: Abraham Lincoln's twentythird birthday; volunteers in the Black Hawk War, and is chosen captain of his company; entered partnership in a storekeeping project, which soon failed; reads a copy of Blackstone's Commentaries on the Common Law. May 21; First Democratic (so-called) National Convention meets in Baltimore. 1832-July 13; Henry R. Schoolcraft discovers the November 1; First street railroad in the December 31; Immigrants and other aliens December; First house in Iowa is erected near Davenport. 1833-February 12; Abraham Lincoln's twentyfourth birthday; burdened with debt, studies and practices surveying. March 2; Bloody Bill passed by Congress to enforce tariff of 1832 which was declared null and void by South Carolina. March 4; Andrew Jackson inaugurated into his second term as President of the United States. March -; Texas begins a war against Mexico for independence. March ; Anti-slavery societies formed in several states. May 7; Abraham Lincoln appointed postmaster at New Salem, Illinois. 1834-February 12; Abraham Lincoln's twenty-fifth birthday; elected to the Legislature; meets Stephen A. Douglas; appointed second place on the Committee of Public Accounts and Expenditures by Speaker Hon. James Semple. February 17; Treaty with Spain signed. June 21; Invention of the reaping machine patented by Cyrus H. McCormick, of Virginia, which became the foundation of the great agricultural wealth of America. June 30; Indian Territory is set apart exclusively for Indians. November - Abraham Lincoln elected to the state Legislature of Illinois. 1835-January 30; Attempted assassination of President Jackson. February 10; Philadelphia is first lighted with gas. February 12; Abraham Lincoln's twenty-sixth birthday; borrows money to be suitably clothed before going to the state capito? as a legislator; favors woman's suffrage, and raises his voice against slavery. December 16; Great conflagration in New York City with a loss of $20,000,000. December 23; Beginning of the Florida Indian War. 1836-January 11; A petition is presented to Congress praying that the institution of slavery may be abolished in the District of Columbia. February 12; Abraham Lincoln's twenty- June 15; Arkansas admitted to the Union Chronology of the Life of Lincoln-1836-1845 1836-November- -; Abraham Lincoln is re-elected to the Legislature of Illinois. November ganized. 1837-January 26; Congress admits Michigan into the Union as the twenty-sixth state. February 12; Abraham Lincoln's twentyeighth birthday; retired from postmastership at New Salem, Illinois. ; Territory of Wisconsin or March 3; Texas recognized as independent by United States, England and France. March 4; Martin Van Buren of New York is inaugurated the eighth President of the United States. March -; Abraham Lincoln protests against the pro-slavery action of the majority in the Legislature; entered on the journal of the Assembly. May 5; The Creek Indian war begins. December 1; The Cherokee Indian disturbance caused by the enforced removal of the Indians to the West. November Abolitionists organize a po- December -; Government forcibly removes 1839-February 12; Abraham Lincoln's thirtieth birthday; during this year he is arguing June -; Governor of the territory of Florida age seventeen. 1840-February 12; Abraham Lincoln's thirty-first birthday; during this year he is again reelected to Legislature. February; Another pro-slavery "Gag-law" passes the House. 1841-February 12; Abraham Lincoln's thirty-sec ond birthday; re-awakens interest in temperance; finds Stephen A. Douglas his rival in state legislature. March 4; William Henry Harrison of Ohio is inaugurated ninth President of the United States, dies within a month (April 4) and John Tyler is inaugurated tenth President. 1841-September 4, 5; A riot against abolitionists and negroes occurs at Cincinnati. October -; Uprising of slaves in Virginia. October -; Elias Howe of Massachusetts, a mechanic, invents the first practical sewing machine. 1842-February 12; Abraham Lincoln's thirty-third birthday. February 22; Abraham Lincoln addresses the Washingtonian Temperance Society at Springfield, favoring total abstinence and the temperance revolution. March 30; First use of Anæsthetics in medical practice in America. May 2; First governmental exploration of western country beyond the Missouri. August 9; Lord Ashburton and Daniel Webster sign Treaty, establishing the Northwestern boundaries, and those extending westward along the Great Lakes; provides for the suppression of the African slave trade, and makes provision for the extradition of criminals. September -; Duel between Abraham Lin- November 4; Abraham Lincoln marries Mary November; Earliest actual finding of gold 1843-February are 12; Abraham Lincoln's thirtyfourth birthday. March 3; Congress appropriates $30,000 to aid Professor Morse in establishing the first telegraph line, between Washington and Baltimore. June 30; Ulysses S. Grant graduates at West Point; he ranks number twenty-one in a class of thirty-nine. June -; About 1,000 emigrants leave West- August 1; Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert October 25; Fremont's expedition reaches the 1844-February 12; Abraham Lincoln's thirty-fifth birthday. February -; Both political parties in the February; New England Workingmen's 1845-February 12; Abraham Lincoln's thirty-sixth birthday. March 3; Florida (slave) admitted as the twenty-seventh state. March 3; Congress reduces postage on letters to five cents within radius of three hundred miles; ten cents for greater distances. March 4 James K. Polk, of Tennessee, is December - Order of United Americar |