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Edgar Allan Poe was born.
Edgar Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809, the second child of English-born actress Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe and actor David Poe Jr.. He had an elder brother William Henry Leonard Poe, and a younger sister Rosalie Poe. -
Poe's Sister is Born
Poe's sister's name was Rosalie. She was born almost two years after Poe was born. -
Poe's Parents Die
Poe's father abandoned his family in 1810, And his mother died a year later from consumption(pulmonary tuberculosis). -
Poe Writes his first poem
The name of the poem is An Acrostic. -
Poe Enlists in the U.S Army and shortly after his first book is published.
On May 26th, 1827 Edgar decides to enlist in the army. -
Poe's older brother dies
Henry, who was a heavy drinker and may have been an alcoholic, died of tuberculosis. -
Poe marries his 13 year old cousin, Virginia Clemm.
The couple often moved to accommodate Poe's employment, living intermittently in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York. A few years after their wedding, Poe was involved in a substantial scandal involving Frances Sargent Osgood and Elizabeth F. Ellet. Rumors about amorous improprieties on her husband's part affected Virginia Poe so much that on her deathbed she claimed that Ellet had murdered her. -
Poe writes his first novel.
The Narrative of Arthur Gordan Pym. -
Poe has a story collection published in two volumes
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque. -
Poe publishes another poem.
The Raven tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness. The lover, often identified as being a student, is lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore. -
Poe's wife dies
Virginia dies of tuberculosis at their home in the Bronx. -
Edgar Allan Poe Dies
The cause of his death is unknown and therefore cannot be determined.
