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Events on Sunday 12 February 1809 2
1809 – 1865Abraham Lincoln16th President — saved the Union, abolished slaveryAbraham Lincoln (Feb 12, 1809 – Apr 15, 1865) was the 16th President 1861-1865. He led the Union through the Civil War, issued the Emancipation Proclamation, and was assassinated at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865.
1809 – 1882Charles DarwinOn the Origin of SpeciesNaturalist who proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection.