Edgar Allan Poe Timeline By ashan.thomas Jan 19, 1809 Edgar Allan Poe (born) Dec 10, 1810 Rosalie Mackenzie Poe (Poe's sister) born Nov 3, 1824 Poes first poem Dec 8, 1824 Eliza Poe & David Poe, Jr. (poe's parents) died May 26, 1827 Poe enlists in the U.S. Army and stortly after his first book is published Aug 1, 1831 William Henry Leonard (Poes older brother dies) May 16, 1836 Virgina Clemm (Poe marrys 13 year old wife) Nov 4, 1838 Poes first novel "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" Nov 4, 1840 Poes story collection "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque" Nov 4, 1845 Poe publishes the poem "the Raven" Jan 30, 1847 Poes wife Virginia dies of tuberculosis at their house in the Bronx Oct 7, 1849 Edgar Allen Poe dies