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Edgar Allen Poe's Birth
Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. From Eliza Poe and David Poe Jr. . -
Poe Becomes A Brother
Rosalie, sister of Edgar Allan Poe, is said to have been born in December of 1810, but this assertion may not be true. -
The loss of Poe's Parents
Elizabeth Arnold Poe dies of tuberculosis in Richmond, Virginia. Within days, David Poe also dies of tuberculosis. With no parents to take care of them, the three children of the family are split up. -
Poe writes his first Poem
A fifteen-year-old Edgar Allan Poe pens his first known poem: "Last night, with many cares & toils oppres'd, Weary, I laid me on a couch to rest." -
Poe Enlists in The Army, Shortly after is First Book is published
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. The author is listed only as "A Bostonian." -
Poe's Older Brother dies
Edgar's older brother Henry dies of either tuberculosis or cholera at the age of 27. -
Poe Gets Married
Poe—now 27 years old—marries his thirteen-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm, at a ceremony in Richmond, Virginia. -
Poe writes his first Novel
Poe's first novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, is published and is the only complete novel written by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The work relates the tale of the young Arthur Gordon Pym, who stows away aboard a whaling ship called the Grampus. -
Poe's story collection is published
Poe's story collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is published in two volumes.These "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque" is a collection of previously-published short stories put together into one manifest sectioned into two volumes. -
Poe Publishes "The Raven"
Poe publishes the poem , The Raven in the New York Evening Mirror. It is wildly successful, bringing the writer the fame and fortune that have long eluded him. He soon becomes editor and owner of a magazine called the Broadway Journal, a doomed enterprise that is already in debt when Poe takes over. This poem turns a new leaf for Poe and changes the world. -
Poe's wife dies of unnatural causes
Poe's wife Virginia dies 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. The loss of his wife sends Poe into a downward spiral of alcoholism. -
Edgar Allen Poe dies
After being found unconscious in a Baltimore gutter, Edgar Allan Poe is taken to the hospital and pronounced dead of causes still unknown. He is buried at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Baltimore.
