Edgar Allan Poe

By emmzaw

  • Edgar Allen Poe is born

    Edgar Allen Poe is born in Boston
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    Edgar Allen Poe

  • Poe's parents die

    They die of tuberculosis

  • The Allan family moves to England

    They sail to England and Poe enrolls in school.

  • Allan's return to America

    Poe and family returns to USA after being in England for 5 years.

  • Poe's first published poem

    At 15, Poe publishes "Last night, with many cares & toils oppres'd,/ Weary, I laid me on a couch to rest."

  • Poe goes to college

    Poe enrolls at the University of Virgina

  • Poe is a soldier

    Poe is in the army under the name of Edgar A. Perry

  • Poe gets married

    Poe is 27 and gets married to his 13 year old first cousin, Virginia Clemm

  • Poe's firts novel

    Poe publashes his first novel, "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym"

  • Poe publishes a poem

    Unknown date, but Poe publishes "The Raven"

  • Poe's wife dies

    She dies of Tuberculosis

  • Poe dies

    He was found unconscience in a gutter. Death is still unknown