Edgar Allan Poe By facebooker_3476313395990500 1809 He was born. 1811 His mother died and the children became orphans. 1815 Edgar went to Richmond, Virginia, to live with John and Francis Allan. 1820 He enlisted in the U.S army four a five year. 1827 He published a booklet and other poems. 1831 Poe published poems and began to submit short stories to magazine. 1833 Received a prize for his work and a friend got him a new job. 1837 He stopped working at the magazine and movel to New York City. And he started working as coeditor. 1839 He published a collection of stories. 1841 Poe started a new genre of detective fiction. 1843 He won a literary prize for "The Gold Bug" 1847 Poe's wif died and Poe started abusing alcohol. 1849 Poe was found delirius and he died four days later.