Edgar Allan Poe

By Enrique Medina
  • Edgar Allan Poe is Born.

    Edgar Allan Poe is Born.

    On this day in 1809, poet, author and literary critic Edgar Allan Poe is born in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Poe’s Sister is born.

    Poe’s Sister is born.

    Rosalie Poe, was the estranged sister of Edgar Allan Poe. Rosalie, born approximately December 1810 in Norfolk, Virginia, was the last of Elizabeth Arnold Poe’s children. And half sister of Edgar allan poe
  • Poe’s Parents Die

    Poe’s Parents Die

    Elizabeth Arnold Poe dies of tuberculosis in Richmond, Virginia. Within days, David Poe also dies of tuberculosis.
  • Poe writes his first poem.

    Poe writes his first poem.

    A fifteen-year-old Edgar Allan Poe pens his first known poem: "Last night, with many cares & toils oppres'd,/ Weary, I laid me on a couch to rest.
  • Poe enlists in the U.S. Army and shortly after his first book is published.

    Poe enlists in the U.S. Army and shortly after his first book is published.

    Poe enlists in the U.S. Army under the name "Edgar A. Perry." Shortly after, his first book—a poetry collection entitled Tamerlane and Other Poems—is published. The author is listed only as "A Bostonian."
  • Poe’s older brother dies

    Poe’s older brother dies

    Edgar's older brother Henry dies of either tuberculosis or cholera at the age of 27.
  • Poe marries his thirteen year old cousin, Virginia Clemm

    Poe marries his thirteen year old cousin, Virginia Clemm

    Poe—now 27 years old—marries his thirteen-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm, at a ceremony in Richmond, Virginia.
  • Poe writes his first novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym.

    Poe writes his first novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym.

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

  • Poe's story collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is published in two volumes.

    Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque
  • Poe publishes the poem, The Raven

    Poe publishes the poem, The Raven

    • The Raven in the New York Evening Mirror. It is wildly successful, bringing the writer the fame and fortune that have long eluded him. He soon becomes editor and owner of a magazine called the Broadway Journal, a doomed enterprise that is already in debt when Poe takes over.
  • Poe's wife Virginia dies of tuberculosis at their home in the Bronx.

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

    Poe's wife Virginia dies of tuberculosis at their home in the Bronx. Poe has been so despondent during the final months of her illness that friends thought he was going insane. The loss of his wife sends Poe into a downward spiral of alcoholism.
  • Edgar Allen Poe Dies.

    Edgar Allen Poe Dies.

    After being found unconscious in a Baltimore gutter, Edgar Allan Poe is taken to the hospital and pronounced dead of causes still unknown. He is buried at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Baltimore.