Edgar Allan Poe timeline

  • Edgar Allan Poe's birth

    Edgar is born on January 19th 1809 in Boston MA
  • Death of Poe's mother

    His mother dies when Edgar is not quite 3. She dies of TB
  • Foster care

    Edgar was in foster care by the Allans
  • First child hood love

    Edgar's first child hood love died when he was 15 of brain cancer.
  • bording school

    in 1827 Edgar's foster dad sent him to bording school.
  • Enlisting in the army

    In 1828 Edgar enlist in the army to help him get him out of his 2,000 dollar debt. He enlist as Edgar Allan Perry.
  • Foster mother is dies from TB

  • moves in with his aunt

    In 1831 he moves in with his aunt and his 8 year old cousin Vriginia
  • His foster died in 1834

    Foster dad died and left Edgar out of his will.
  • leaves and confesses

    In 1835 Edgar leaves an goes to the south to become an editor. Later on he writes his aunt confessing his love for his first cousin virginia.
  • Virginia is diagnosed with TB

    Virginia is diagnosd with TB in 1841.She carries it for 5 years. Later on dies.
  • Dating women

    Poe is now talking to several different women. He soon engages to a women named Hellen and the engagement quickly fell off.
  • Ended up somewhere

    Poe became a raging alcoholic and somehow ened up in in the streets of Baltimore and he was supposed to be in New York.
  • death

    POe evantually is taken to the hosptial and dies there. They do not know the reason or cause of his death