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Poe publishes "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabsque"
This is Poe's first collection of short stories -
Poe is hired as assistant editor of Burton's Gentleman's Magazine
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Antarctica is discovered and claimed by the US
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The Independent Treasury Act is signed
The government becomes exclusively responsible for its own funds -
Poe writes "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
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William Harrison is Inaugurated but contracts pnuemonia and dies a month later
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Slaves aboard a ship mutiny and sail to freedom in Britain
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Poe's wife, Virginia, breaks a blood vessel in her neck, showing the first signs of tuberculosis
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"Oregon Fever" sparks a mass migration to the West along the Oregon Trail
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Poe moves to New York
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The first telegram is sent
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The phrase "Manifest Destiny" catches on
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Poe writes "The Raven" and it is an instant success
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Texas joins the Union
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The potato famine in Ireland begins
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Poe sues a magazine for slandering him and wins
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The Battle of Palo Alto starts the Mexican-American War
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California, Iowa and New Mexico are annexed by America
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Fredrick Douglass founds The North Star
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Poe's wife Virginia dies of tuberculosis
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Congressman Abraham Lincoln speaks against the Mexican war
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending the Mexican-American War
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Poe joins the "Sons of Temperance" in an attempt to end his alchoholism
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James Marshall finds gold and the California Gold Rush begins
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Poe dies in Baltimore
After boarding the wrong train and being found, half concious in the streets of Baltimore, Poe dies in a hospital. The cause of death is still unknown
