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Edgar Allen Poe

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  • Edgar Poe was born

    Edgar Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts
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    Edgar Allan Poe

    Edgar Allan Poe's life

  • His half sister Rosalie is born

    On November 1, 1824 he makes a statement about his siter that "At least She is half your Sister & God forbid my dear Henery that We should visit upon the living the Errors & frailties of the dead."

  • Mother dies

    Edgar's mother Elizabeth Arnold Poe, dies in Richmmond, Virginia.

  • Orphan " Adopted"

    The orphaned Edgar is " Adopted' by John and Frances Allan

  • Egar Poe becomes Edgar Allan Poe

    Edgar is baptized and christened as "Edgar Allan Poe"

  • The poem

    Poe writes a 2 line poem. It's Poe's earliest surviving poem but it was never published during his lifetime

  • The Army

    Poe enlists in the U.S Army under the name Edgar A. Perry

  • " Adpoted" mom dies

    Poe's "Adopted" mom dies

  • The foster father dies

    Poe's foster father dies and leaves him out of his will

  • Edgar Allan Poe Dies

    Edgar dies in Baltimore in the Washington University Hospital of an unknown cause