Ruler · Age of revolutions and empire · United States

Abraham Lincoln

1809–1865

Sixteenth president of the United States, 1861 to 1865, born in 1809, who preserved the Union through civil war and ended slavery. The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 freed the slaves in the rebellious states. He was assassinated at Ford's Theatre on 14 April 1865, five days after Lee's surrender.

Facts

Born: 1809, Kentucky.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Abraham Lincoln
Died: 15 April 1865, Washington, assassinated.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Abraham Lincoln
Office: President of the United States 1861 to 1865.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Abraham Lincoln
Known for: The Emancipation Proclamation (1863) and the Gettysburg Address.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln, photograph by Alexander Gardner (Wikimedia Commons)

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CountryUnited States1776–

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