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Alex Corrie Ben Hanlon: Edgar Allan Poe

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  • Edgar Allan Poe was born

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    Edgar Allan Poe

  • Poe's mother died

  • War of 1812 rages on

  • Andrew Jackson defeats the British

  • Missouri Compromise is approved

  • Erie Canal completed

  • Poe went to college at Virginia

  • Poe joined the army

  • Poe became a sergeant major

  • Poe entered Westpoint as a cadet

  • Oregon Trail journeys begin

  • Poe went to NY where his poetry was published

  • Poe's dad dies

  • Poe got a job as an editor

  • Poe married his cousin

  • Poe left his editing job

  • Poe wrote "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym"

  • Poe wrote "Ligeia" and "The Haunted Palace"

  • Poe publishes "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque"

  • Poe becomes an editor for Graham's Magazine

  • Poe made his first detective "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"

  • Poe leaves Graham's magazine to start his own magazine

  • Poe made "The Gold bug" then moved back to New York

  • Poe became an editor at The Broadway Journal

  • Poe's second wife dies

  • Poe mysteriously dies

    No one knows the reason why poe died, but there are many theories. these theories include drug overdose, liver failure from years of drinking, or rabies.

  • 81 movies have been made based on Edgar Allan Poe

  • Many artists such as "Iron Maiden" have made songs based off of Poe

  • TV shows have been made based off of Poe and his work