Dfas

Edgar Allan Poe(:

  • James Madison is elected president

    James Madison is elected president

  • Edgar Poe is born.

    Edgar Poe is born.

  • Poes mother dies

    Poes mother dies

  • War of 1812 begins

    War of 1812 begins

  • Louisiana becomes the 18th state

    Louisiana becomes the 18th state

  • Poes family sails to London and Poe is enrolled in school

    Poes family sails to London and Poe is enrolled in school

  • Napoleon defeated at Waterloo

    Napoleon defeated at Waterloo

  • Battle of New Orleans

    Battle of New Orleans

  • Jackson Purchase in Kentucky

    Jackson Purchase in Kentucky

  • Panic of 1819

    Panic of 1819

  • Alabama becomes the 22nd state in the U.S.

    Alabama becomes the 22nd state in the U.S.

  • Poe returns to Richmond, Virginia

    Poe returns to Richmond, Virginia

  • Erie Canal completed

    Erie Canal completed

  • Poe starts college

    Poe starts college

  • Poe enlists in the U.S. Army

    Poe enlists in the U.S. Army

    Poe enlisted in the army after running up a gambling debt and his foster parents won't pay for it. He also published his first book Tamerlane and Other Poems.
  • Slavery is made illegal in New York

    Slavery is made illegal in New York

  • Election of Andrew Jackson

    Election of Andrew Jackson

  • Underground Railroad established

    Underground Railroad established

  • Texas declares independence from Mexico

    Texas declares independence from Mexico

  • Poe gets married

    Poe gets married

    Poe,27, marries his cousin,13, on May 16th.
  • Depression begins

    Depression begins

  • Poe's first novel published

    Poe's first novel published

    Poe's first novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, is published.
  • Poe publishes The Raven

    Poe publishes The Raven

  • Us delcares war with Mexico

    Us delcares war with Mexico

  • Poe's Wife Dies.

    Poe's Wife Dies.

    Poe's wife Virginia dies of tuberculosis at their home in the Bronx