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Parents seperated
His parents were traveling actors, however they were super poor. He was one years old when is father abandoned him, so he was raised without a father, well as long as he was still with his mother. Poe wasn't able to know his father and this made a big impact in his life in a good way however. Poe grew up thinking he wasn't met to be loved mostly by men figures in his life. -
Mother dies
Edgar Allen Poe's biological mother died due to tuberculosis. Since his mother was all he had, he felt like he was all alone. Although he had his two siblings he deeply loved his mother and he felt that she had left him alone. -
Gets adopted
Edgar Allan Poe was separated from his siblings after finding out that their father had died from the same thing as their mother a few days later. He was then Adopted by John and Frances Allan. These two were unable to have kids and decided that adoption was the only option. Poe added his fosters name along with his birth name, making it his middle name. -
athletic school
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Poe drops out of school
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Poe writes and prints his first book, "Tamerlane and other Poems"
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Poe can't support himself so he joins the United States Army
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Mrs. Allan dies, Edgar returns home
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Poe deliberately gets kicked out of West Point.
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Poe submits a number of stories to magazines. They are rejected.
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Poe sends a desperate letter to John Allan asking for help, and is ignored.
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John Allan dies and leaves Edgar nothing in his will.
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Edgar Poe marries his cousin Virginia in May. She is 13
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Poe writes "The Fall of the House of Usher"
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"Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque" gets published
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Poe wins a hundred dollar prize for "The Gold Bug".
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Poe sues another paper for libel and wins. The suit is settled for $225.00.
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Poe's wife, Virginia, dies from tuberculosis on January 30.
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Poe joins the "Sons of Temperance" in an effort to stop drinking.
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Edgar Allan Poe dies on October 7, 1849.