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Edgar Allan Poe is born
American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. -
Poe's sister is born
She was born long enough after the disappearance of her mother Eliza's husband, David Poe, for questions to arise about the girl's paternity. -
Poe's Parents die
Elizabeth Poe died of tuberculosis in Richmond, Virginia. News soon arrived that David Poe had also died of the same disease -
Poe writes his first poem
Poe returned briefly to Richmond, but his relationship with Allan deteriorated. In 1827, he moved to Boston and enlisted in the United States Army. His first collection of poems, Tamerlane, and Other Poems, was published that year. -
Poe enlisted in the U.s Army and shortly after his first book is published
Soldier and Published Author. Poe enlists in the U.S. Army under the name "Edgar A. Perry." Shortly after, his first book—a poetry collection entitled Tamerlane and Other Poems—is published. -
Poe's Older brother dies
After the death of their parents, the three Poe children were split up: Henry lived with family in Baltimore, Maryland, while Edgar and Rosalie were cared for by two different families in Richmond, Virginia. Before the age of 20, Henry traveled around the globe by sea before returning to Baltimore and becoming a published poet and author. -
Poe marries his thirteen year old cousin, Virginia Clem
The two first met in 1829, when Clemn was seven years old. Her widowed mother Maria had then allowed the 20-year-old Poe, who had been orphaned in his youth and more recently discharged from the military, to stay with her family. -
Poe writes his first novel "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym".
A few serialized installments of The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket were first published in the Southern Literary Messenger, though never completed. -
Poe's story collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is published in two volumes
It was published by the Philadelphia firm Lea & Blanchard and released in two volumes. The publisher was willing to print the collection based on the recent success of Poe's story "The Fall of the House of Usher". Even so, Lea & Blanchard would not pay Poe any royalties -
Poe publishes the poem, The Raven.
the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. ... Its publication made Poe popular in his lifetime, although it did not bring him much financial success. -
Poe's wife Virginia died of tuberculosis at their home in the Bronx.
Poe has been so despondent during the final months of her illness that friends thought he was going insane. -
Edgar Allen Poe Dies
Poe's death suggests that the author succumbed to a brain tumor, which influenced his behavior before his death. When Poe died, he was buried, rather unceremoniously, in an unmarked grave in a Baltimore graveyard.
