Edgar Allan Poe

By alexrae56

  • Edgar Continues his schooling in richmond

  • United states signs a treaty declining the power of spain

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    Edgar Allan Poe

  • Greek war of independece starts

  • Mexico interested in populating texas

  • Edgar attends the academy of William Burke

    Edgar attends the academy of William Burke

  • steam powered shipping begins

  • one of the most interesting presidential elections in U.S history

  • Poe writes his first known poem

  • Edgar secretly engaged to sarah elmira royster

  • John quincy adams becomes president

  • John quincy adams becomes president

  • Edgar poe slpits with allans

  • poe is a solider and published author

  • ludwig van beethoven dies

  • new york passes a state law emancipating slaves

  • construction begins on baltimore and ohio, first railroad track

  • death of edgars foster mother

  • Poe's foster mother, Frances Allan, with whom he was still close, dies in Richmond. Poe—by now a sergeant major in the Army—obtains leave to travel to her funeral.

  • scotch tape is invented

  • poe transferred to fortree monro

  • andrew jackson becomes president

  • in england the lawn mower is invented

  • a frenchman patents a sewing amchine

  • emily dickinson is born in massachusetts

  • cyrus mccormick invets the reaperharvester

  • edgar is rejected from west poin and emerging writer

  • Edgar's older brother Henry dies of either tuberculosis or cholera at the age of 27.

  • Poe—now 27 years old—marries his thirteen-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm, at a ceremony in Richmond, Virginia.