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Edgar Allan Poe is born
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War of 1812 begins
Edgar Allan Poe is now 3 years old -
Napolean is defeated at Waterloo.
Edgar Allan Poe is now 6 years old
He starts going to school in England -
Mary Shelley publishes "Frankenstien"
Edgar Allan Poe is now 9 years old -
Charles Baudelair is born
Edgar Allan Poe is now 12 years old -
One of the most interesting President elections
Edgar Allan Poe is now 15 years old -
Ludwig Van Beethoven dies.
Edgar Allan poe is now 18 years old
Poe drops out of school because John Allan won't give him any money.
Poe writes his first book, "Tamerlane and other Poems".
Poe can't support himself so he joins the United States Army. -
Emily Dickinson is born
Edgar Allan Poe is now 21 years old -
Slavery is banned in Great Britain.
Edgar Allan poe is now 24 years old
Poe sends a desperate letter to John Allan asking for help, and is ignored. -
Battle of the Alamo.
Edgar Allan Poe is now 27 years old
Edgar Poe marries his cousin Virginia in May. She is 13. -
Louis Daguerre invents the daguerreotype and photography is born.
Edgar Allan Poe is now 30 year old
Poe writes "The Fall of the House of Usher".
"Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque", Poe's first volume of short stories, is published. He receives no money from the publisher. -
Virginia Poe breaks a blood-vessel while playing the piano.
Edgar Allan Poe is now 33 years old -
Poe writes "The Raven".
Edgar Allan Poe is now 36 years old
Poe was working 14 hour days but still couldn't make a living. -
Edgar Allan Poe dies
Edgar Allan Poe had died at age 40
June 30 - Poe leaves NYC and visits John Sartain in Philadelphia.
July 13 - Poe goes to Richmond and stays at the Swan Tavern Hotel.
Poe joins the "Sons of Temperance" in an effort to stop drinking.
Poe lectures on "The Poetic Principle".
Sept 27 - Poe leaves Richmond and goes back to Philadelphia.
Sept 30 - Poe apparently gets on the wrong train and goes to Baltimore.
Oct 3 - Poe is found half conscious and is taken to a hospital.
