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Edgar Allan Poe is born
Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the second child of Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe and David Poe, Jr.. -
Poe's sister is born
Possibly born in Norfolk, Virginia. there is no solid documentary evidence for her birth. -
Poe's Parents die
David Poe Jr. abandoned the family in 1810 because they were running low on money and he was a hot headed alcoholic. Elizabeth died a year later from consumption (pulmonary tuberculosis). -
Poe writes his first poem
A fifteen-year-old Edgar Allan Poe pens his first known poem: "Last night, with many cares & toils oppres'd,/ Weary, I laid me on a couch to rest." -
Poe enlists in the U.S. Army and shortly after his first book is published
Enlists under the name "Edgar A Perry." Tamerlane and Other Poems is published. -
Poe's older brother dies
Henry dies of either tuberculosis or cholera at 27 years old -
Poe marries his thirteen year old cousin
Poe marries his thirteen year old cousin, Virginia Clemm in Richmond, Virgina at age 27 -
Poe writes his first novel
First novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym is published -
Poe's story collection is published
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is published in two volumes. -
Poe publishes The Raven
It is wildly successful, bringing the writer the fame and fortune that have long eluded him. -
Poe's wife dies
Virginia dies of turberculosis at their home in the Bronx.The loss of his wife sends Poe into a downward spiral of alcoholism. -
Edgar Allan Poe Dies
After being found unconscious in a Baltimore gutter, Edgar Allan Poe is taken to the hospital and pronounced dead of causes still unknown.
