Edgar Allan Poe

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/19/1809	Birth	Edgar Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts to two actors Elizabeth Poe and
01/01/1811	Adoption	When Edgar is two years of age, his mother, Elizabeth dies and Mr. and Mrs. John Allan adopt him. Allan was added to his name at this time.
01/01/1815	Education	When Edgar Allan is six years of age he attends his first year of school in England.
01/01/1820	Returns to the United States	In 1820 at the age of eleven, he returns to the U.S. to continue his schooling at the academy of William Burke. There he was successful in sports.
01/01/1826	College	At the age of seventeen, Edgar attends the University of Virginia. The following year he dropped out because John Allan would not give him any money.
05/26/1827	Army	In this year Allan wrote his first book, "Tamerlane and the other Poems." Also he joined the U.S. army and had a rank of sergeant major.
03/23/1829	On the Move	At the age of 20, his adopted mother, Mrs. Allan, dies. He returns home(back to England)and joins West Point.
01/01/1831	End of the Army	Poe gets kicked out of West Point and begins to write. He submits a number of stories to magazines and gets rejected.In the following two years John Allan dies and leaves Edgar nothing in his will.
05/16/1836	Marriage	At the age of twenty-seven, Edgar marries his cousin, Virgina who was only thirteen.
01/01/1841	A breakdown	Poe writes "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." The following year he breaks a blood vessel while playing the piano.
01/01/1844	On the Move Again	In 1844, Poe moves back to New York City. He wrote "The Balloon Hoax"and deceived people by his story.
01/01/1845	A BIG hit	At the age of thirty-six, Poe writes "The Raven." Working 14 hour days he still couldn't make a living.
01/30/1847	Til Death do us Part	This year Poe's wife, Virginia, dies from tuberculosis.
06/30/1849	Coming to an End	He leaves NYC and goes to Richmond.There he joins "Sons of Temperance" to stop drinking.
10/07/1849	Death	On this day,Edgar Allan Poe dies..Three days earlier he was found half conscious and taken to the hospital.