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  Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massattuchutts. His Mother was Elizabeth Hopkins and his Fathers name is David Poe.
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  December 8, 1811, is the day the Elizabeth Hopkins(edgar's mother) died. The he was taken into the home of John Allan
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  Edgar Poe registers for the University of Virgina and gets accepted. Then he started taking classes in the second semester of his freshmen year.
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  Edgar Allen Poe enlists into The United States Army with a false name of Edgar A. Perry. He served for two years and promoted to Sergeant major before he left
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  Poe's foster father unfortunately stopped paying Edgar aid the go to college so, Edgar decides that he would participate in bad behaviors to get dismissed from the academy.
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  Edgar Allan Poe marries his late cousin Virgina Clemm in Richmond.
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  The Masque of Red Death was published by Poe in 1838
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  He was an editor of Burton's Gentleman's Magazine from July, 1839 to June, 1840, and of Graham's Magazine from April, 1841 to May, 1842.
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  This is the year that Edgar Allan Poe became famous for his poem "The Raven".
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  This is the day that Edgar's beloved wife and late cousin went ill and died.
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  This is the year he wrote the Cask of Amontillado
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  Edgar Allan Poe had a very mysterious death that occurred on October 7, 1849 in the state of Maryland. He was found in Baltimore in a pitiable condition and taken unconscious to a hospital where he died on Sunday, October 7, 1849.