How did Abraham Lincon died

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Booth shot Lincoln during a play at Fords Theatre in Washington DC and Lincoln later died at Peterson House in Washington.

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D. C.