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Edgar Allen Poe is born
On this day, Edgar Allen Poe was born to David Poe, Jr and Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins. -
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Edgar Allen Poe's Life
From his birth to his death, Edgar Allen Poe was a disturbed man. In this timeline we will go over how he began writing with his interest in mystery and macbre in hand. -
Poe's sister, Rosalie, is born.
Poe's sister, Rosalie, is born to David Poe, Jr. and Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins, with siblings Edgar Allen Poe and William Henry Leonard Poe. -
Poe's parents die
Poe's mother dies from tubercolosis and Poe's father leaves, rending Poe, his sister and brother orphans. -
Poe writes his first poem.
Edgar Allen Poe writes his first poem. -
Poe enlists in the US Army and shortly after his first book is published.
Unable to support himself, Poe signs up for the Army, who paid him 5 dollars a month. He was later promoted to a salary of 10 dollars a month. His first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems, was published soon after he joined the Army. -
William Henry Leonard Poe dies.
The eldest sibling William dies, part of the cause from alcoholism -
Poe marries his cousin.
Poe marries Virginia Clemm, his first cousin, who was 13 at the time. This marriage lasted until Virginia's death at age 24, dying from tubercolosis. -
Poe writes his first novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym.
Poe's first novel was written. -
Poe's story collection is published.
Poe's story collection, Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, is published in two volumes. -
The Raven is published.
One of Poe's most famous literary works, The Raven, is published. -
Virginia dies.
Virginia dies of tuberculosis at the Bronx in Poe's home. -
Edgar Allen Poe dies.
No one knows exactly how Poe died, but there are many speculations that it was rabies, tuburculosis, and other diseases that killed him at age 40.
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