EDGAR ALLAN POE: HIS LIFE AND LITERARY CAREER By aqibhussain1 Period: Jan 19, 1809 to Oct 7, 1849 EDGAR ALLAN POE: HIS LIFE AND LITERARY CAREER Feb 12, 1809 Abraham Lincoln born Feb 22, 1810 Frédéric Chopin born Jun 18, 1815 Napoleon defeated at Waterloo Mar 4, 1825 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS President Feb 28, 1829 Frances Allan dies. Mar 27, 1834 John Allan dies. May 16, 1836 Marries Virginia Clemm (age 13) in Richmond Jul 8, 1839 John D. Rockefeller born Jan 29, 1845 Publishes “The Raven” in the New York Evening Mirror Feb 21, 1848 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto Oct 7, 1849 Edgar Allan Poe dies