Edgar Allen Poe Timeline By facebooker_10154798230336940 Jan 19, 1809 Birth Poe is Born in Boston, MA Jan 1, 1839 Writes "The Fall of the House of Usher" Jan 1, 1842 Writes "The Masque of the Red Death" Jan 1, 1842 Writes "The Pit and the Pendulum" Jan 1, 1843 Writes "The Tell-Tale Heart" Jan 1, 1845 Writes "The Black Cat" Jan 1, 1845 Writes "The Raven" Poe's most famous work. Jan 1, 1849 Writes "Annabel Lee" Jan 1, 1849 Writes "The Bells" Oct 7, 1849 Death Poe dies in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances.