Edgar Allen Poe life TImeline

The birth of Mr. Poe

Jan 19, 1809

Edgar was the second of three children. He was born on a stormy day in january on the streets of Boston

Edgars sister is born

Dec 10, 1810

Rosalies birthday is shortly after Edgars.

Poe's Parretns die

Dec 8, 1811

Elizabeth Arnold Poe dies of tuberculosis in Richmond, Virginia.. a little later David Poe also dies of tuberculosis. Becuase the children have nobody to take care of them they split up.

Allen writees his first peom

Nov 6, 1824

While Allen being only 15, he creates his first popular poem "Last night, with many cares & toils oppres'd,/ Weary, I laid me on a couch to rest."

Mr. Poe publishes his first book shortly after enlisting into U.S. Army

May 26, 1827

Tamerlane and Other Poems—is published. The author is listed only as "A Bostonian."

Edgars older brother dies

Aug 1, 1831

Henry dies at age 27 from either tuberculosis or cholera.

Edgar marries his 13 year old cousin??

May 16, 1836

Virginia clemm hapily marries the 27 year old master mind at a ceremony in Richmond, Virginia

Poe writes his first novel

Jul 3, 1838

Poe's first novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, is published.

Allen Poe's collection is published

Nov 3, 1840

" Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque" is created into 2 volumes

Poe publishes the poes The Raven

Nov 3, 1845

The Raven gave Poe most of his fame and fortune. Then becomes the owner of a magazine called the Broadway Journal, a doomed enterprise that is already in debt when Poe takes over.

Edgar's wife dies

Jan 30, 1847

Virginia dies of tuberculosis at their home in the Bronx. After losing his wife people start to think that he is going insane and also becomes an alcoholic.

Edgar Allen Poe Dies

Oct 7, 1849

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.
R.I.P. Edgar Allen Poe