Edgar Allen Poe Timeline

By Tyler.Whitfield
  • Edgar Allen Poe is born

    Edgar Allen Poe is born

    Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Poes sister is born

    Poes sister is born

    Edgar Allan Poe's sister Rosalie was born on December 20, 1810
  • Poes parents die

    Poes parents die

    Elizabeth Arnold Poe dies of tuberculosis in Richmond, Virginia. Within days, David Poe also dies of tuberculosis.
  • Poe writes his first poem

    Poe writes his first poem

    A fifteen-year-old Edgar Allan Poe pens his first known poem: "Last night, with many cares & toils oppres'd,/ Weary, I laid me on a couch to rest."31
  • Poe enlists in the U.S Army and shortly after his fist book is published

    Poe enlists in the U.S Army and shortly after his fist book is published

    Poe enlists in the U.S. Army under the name "Edgar A. Perry." Shortly after, his first book—a poetry collection entitled Tamerlane and Other Poems—is published. The author is listed only as "A Bostonian."
  • Poes older brother dies

    Poes older brother dies

    Edgar's older brother Henry dies of either tuberculosis or cholera at the age of 27
  • Poe marries his thirteen year old cousin, Virginia Clemm.

    Poe marries his thirteen year old cousin, Virginia Clemm.

    Poe—now 27 years old—marries his thirteen-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm, at a ceremony in Richmond, Virginia.
  • Poe writes his first novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym

    Poe writes his first novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym

    Poe's first novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, is published
  • Poe's story collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is published in two volumes.

    Poe's story collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is published in two volumes.

    Poe's story collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is published in two volumes.
  • Poe publishes the poem, The Raven.

    Poe publishes the poem, The Raven.

    Poe publishes the poem, The Raven

  • Poe's wife Virginia dies of tuberculosis at their home in the Bronx.

    Poe's wife Virginia dies of tuberculosis at their home in the Bronx. Poe has been so despondent during the final months of her illness that friends thought he was going insane.
  • Edgar Allen Poe Dies.

    Edgar Allen Poe Dies.

    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.