Edgar Allan Poe Timeline

By andres.garcia
  • Edgar Allan Poe is Born

    Edgar Allan Poe is Born

    Edgar Poe is born in Boston to Elizabeth Arnold Poe and David Poe, Jr., both traveling actors. The couple already has one son named Henry.
  • Poe's Sister is born.

    Poe's Sister is born.

    Edgar's sister name was Rosalie Poe, she disappears from her brother’s life.
  • Poe's Parents Die.

    Poe's Parents Die.

    Poe's parents name were Elizabeth and David Poe.
    Elizabeth Poe died in 1811, when Edgar was 2 years old.

  • Poe writes his first poem.

    Edgar Allan Poe's first poem was called "Tamerlane"
  • Poe enlists in the U.S. Army and shortly after his first book is published.

    Poe enlists in the U.S. Army and shortly after his first book is published.

    Edgar went to Boston and joined the U.S. Army in 1827. He was 18. He did reasonably well in the Army and attained the rank of sergeant major.
  • Poe's older brother dies.

    Poe's older brother dies.

    Poe's older brother name was named Henry. Henry died of tuberculosis in 1831 at the age of twenty-four.
  • Poe marries his thirteen year old cousin, Virginia Clemm

    Poe marries his thirteen year old cousin, Virginia Clemm

    He married his thirteen year old cousin named Virginia Clemm when he was twenty-years old.
  • Poe writes his first novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym.

    Poe writes his first novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym.

  • Poe's story collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is published in two volumes

    Poe's story collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is published in two volumes

  • Poe publishes the poem, The Raven

    Poe publishes the poem, The Raven

    Poe's poem "The Raven'' was one of Poe's most sold poems when he published. It was published in 1845.
  • Poe's wife Virginia dies of tuberculosis at their home in the Bronx.

    Poe's wife Virginia dies of tuberculosis at their home in the Bronx.

    Edgar Allan Poe's wife dies of tuberculosis in January 1847.
  • Edgar Allan Poe Dies

    Edgar Allan Poe Dies

    Edgar Allan Poe dies October 7, 1847 of tuberculosis