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On January 19th, 1809 Edgar Allan Poe was born.
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Poe's mother, Elizabeth dies.
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He goes to school in the United States.
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Poe drops out of school because he can't afford it. He writes his first book called "Tamerlane and other poems" and he joins the army.
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Mrs. Allan dies and Poe returns home. He applies at West Point.
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Edgar gets kicked out of West Point.
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Edgar wins a contest and gets a job.
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Poe marries his cousin, Virginia, she is 13 and he is 24.
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Edgar Allan Poe writes his most famous work, "The Raven".
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Poe's wife dies do to tuberculosis.
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Edgar Allan Poe died October 7th, 1849.