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Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston Massachusettes
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Edgar Allan Poe's mom died of turberculosis on December 8, 1811. At the time Edgar was not even three
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The Allan family moves to England where Edgar goes to school on June 22, 1815
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The Allan family moves back to Richmond Virginia, five years after sailing to England.
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Edgar Allan Poe goes to collage at the University of Virginia on Febuary 14, 1826
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Edgar leaves the Allans when his foster father refuses to give him any money to help sttles his debts. He moves to Baltimore to live with his aunt and cousin.
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Edgar Allan Poe joins the US Army and publishes his first book on May 26, 1827
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On Febuary 28, 1829 Edgars Allan Poe's foster mom, Frances Allan, dies.
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Edhar Allan Poe is appointed to the U.S Military Academy at West Point on April 15, 1829
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Poe's older brother dies of either turbculosis or cholera at the age of 27
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Poe sucessfully atemps to get himself kiocked out of the West Point Military Academy. He also starts writing anynomus short stories and he also publishes another book of poems.
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Poe takes a job as an editor at the Southern Literary Messenger magazine.
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Poe who is now 27 marries his 13 year old cousin Virginia.
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Virginia starts to bleed from her mouth which is a sign of untreated turberculosis while singing at the paino. Her illness just gets worse.
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Poe publishes The Raven which brings him a lot of fame.
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Virginia dies of turberculosis on January 30, 1847.
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Edgar Allan Poe dies of an unknown cause on October 7, 1849.
