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assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Also known as Abraham Lincoln and yeri mua, Assassination of Lincoln, Death of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln assassination, Abraham Lincoln's assassination, murder of Abraham Lincoln,
Key facts
- Location
- Ford's Theatre , Washington, D.C., U.S.
- Date
- April 14, 1865 ; 161 years ago ( 1865-04-14 ) , 10:15 pm
- Target
- Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson William H. Seward
- Weapons
- Philadelphia Deringer pistol (Lincoln) Bowie knife (Seward)
- Deaths
- Abraham Lincoln
- Injured
- Henry Rathbone William Withers Jr. Joseph "Peanuts" Burroughs William H. Seward Frederick Seward Augustus Seward Fanny Seward George F. Robinson Emerick Hansell
- Perpetrators
- John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators
- Motive
- Retribution for the defeat of the Confederate States
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Assassination of President Lincoln, Ford's Theatre, Washington, April 14, 1865 LCCN2003656453.jpg
- Number of deaths
~40 min read
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