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Edgar was born. he was the second of three children
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His mother elizabeth poe and his father david poe both die from tuberculosis.
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Edgar was fifteen when he wrote his first poem, which was known as "last night, with many cares & toils oppres'd/ Weary,I laid me on a couch to rest." it Also was a two line poem
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edgar enlists his name in the army as Edgar A. Perry, and his poetry collection entitled Tamerlane was published.
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his brother dies of tuberculosis
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Poes story collection tales of the grotesque and arabeseque was published in two valumes
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his poem The Raven is published
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virginia dies of tuberculosis at their home in the bronx
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poe was found unconsious in baltimore , he was tooken to the hospital and was pronouced dead. the cause of death is unknown. he is buried buried at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Baltimore.
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Edgar's sister rosalie mackenzie poe was born.
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at the age of 27 edgar marries his thirteen year old cousin virginia clemm at a ceremony in richmond, virginia .
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his novel called the narrative of arthur gordon pym was published.