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Edgar Allan was born in Boston to Elizabeth Hopkins in 1809.
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Right around the time Poe was born, Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky. Abraham Lincoln would later become the president of the United States.
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After Edgar's mom dies of tuberculosis, he's adopted by Mr. and Mrs. John Allan.
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Since he could no longer support himself, Edgar decides to enlist himself in the United States army at age 17.
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After dropping out of school, Poe writes and prins his first novel called "Tamerlane and other Poems" in 1827, but the exact date is unknown.
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When Poe was 25 years old, the gruesome Spanish INquisiton ends. The Spanish INquisition was when the Spanish Government killed anyone who was Catholic. Poe wrote a famous story caled "The Pit and the Pendulim", which focused on the Inquisition. The exact date of the end of the inquisiton is unknown.
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When Poe was 26 years old, the famous author Mark Twain was born in Missouri.
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In 1845, Edgar Allan Poe published his most well known poem called "The Raven". This poem was said to be about his wife Virginia who had a deathly illness.
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At age 24, Edgar's wife Virginia died from tuberculosis in 1847, Ironically, this was the same disease that Edgar's mother and foster mother also died from.
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When Poe was 39 years old, the gold rush began. This was when people started discovering gold and everyone was coming to California to mine for some.
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The well-known author dies from unknown causes in 1849. Some causes people think he died from were alcohol poisoning and rabies.
