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Edgar Allan Poe was born as Edgar Poe on January 19, 1809 to a Scotch-Irish family in Boston, Massachusetts. His birth parents were Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins (1787-1811) and David Poe (1784-1810). Both Poe's parents were actors but Poe's dad left Elizabeth when poe was 1 year old.
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Eliza Arnold Hopkins Poe was a successful actress who died on her theatrical tour on December 8, 1811 from tuberculosis when poe was only 2 years old.
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On December 10, 1811, John Allan and Frances Allan in Richmond, Virginia, adopted Poe after his mother died. John Allan was a successful tabacco merchant in Richmond. He was not legally adopted by this couple so he did not take their last name and instead he used it as his middle name.
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Poe is baptized by the Reverend John Buchanan and christened as “Edgar Allan Poe,” with the Allans presumably as godparents.
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On June 18, 1812, the war between the United States and the Brittish Empire began. The Americans declared war because of trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy, and because of British support of American Indian tribes against American expansion.
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In 1815 Edgar and his foster parents moved to England and Edgar began schooling.
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In 1815 Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo.
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In 1830, Poe was expelled from West Point in February. He then lives in Baltimore with aunt, Maria Clemm, and her daughter, Virginia who Poe later then married.
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Edgar Allan Poe married Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe. She was his cousin and Poe was 27 and Virgina was only 13 when they married. They married in Baltimore of 1835.
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The Battle of Alamo started on February 23, 1836. The battle was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar
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Alexandrina Victoria became the queen of England on June 20 1837 untill her death.
