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Period: to
1820-1850
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west point
Poe applies to West Point, John Allan sponsors him. -
kicked out
Poe deliberately gets kicked out of West Point. -
will
John Allan dies and leaves Edgar nothing in his will. -
job
Poe finally gets a job. -
marrage
poe married his cousin -
ligeia
Poe writes "Ligeia". -
nyc
1st illustrated weekly magazine in US publishes 1st issue, NYC -
massacre
4,500 British & Indian troops leave Kabul, massacred before India -
Period: to
1842-1844
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fire
City-wide fire burns for over 100 hours (Hamburg Germany) -
assassination
John Francis attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria -
war ends
Seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma -
blood vessel
Virginia Poe breaks a blood-vessel while playing the piano. -
Philharmonic's
NY Philharmonic's 1st concert -
town meeting
Boston conducts its 1st town meeting (Faneuil Hall) -
train
1st wagon train, 1000+ depart Independence Missouri for Oregon -
snow
It snows in Buffalo & Rochester NY & Cleveland Ohio -
hong kong
Hong Kong proclaimed a British Crown Colony -
convention
National black convention meets (Buffalo NY) -
prize
Poe wins a hundred dollar prize for "The Gold Bug". -
christmas carol
Charles Dickens publishes "A Christmas Carol," in England -
treaty
Texan envoys sign Treaty of Annexation with the United States -
telegraph
1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot -
yacht
1st US yacht club organized, NY Yacht Club -
death of wife
death of poe's wife virginia clemm