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a poet is born
Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts -
Edgar's sister Rosalie
Rosalie, sister of Edgar Allan Poe, is said to have been born in December of 1810, but we have no solid documentary evidence for this assertion. All we know for certain is that she was born long enough after the disappearance of her mother Eliza's husband, David Poe, for questions to arise about the girl's paternity. -
The death of Edgar's parents
In 1811, David Poe Jr. and Eliza Poe passed away leaving Edgar an orphan by the age of 3. -
Edgar Allan Poe's first poem, Tamerlane
Shorty after writing Tamerlane he moved back to Boston and enlisted in the army. -
Poe's first published book
On May 26, 1827 Poe's first book was published including Tamerlane and multiple short poems. -
The death of Edgar Allan Poe's older brother
William Henry Leonard Poe, often referred to as Henry Poe, was born January 30, 1807. He was a sailor, amateur poet and the older brother of Edgar Allan Poe and Rosalie Poe -
Marriage
On May 16, 1836 Edgar Allan Poe married his 13 year old cousin, Virginia Clemm -
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is the only complete novel written by Edgar Allan Poe. The work relates the tale of the young Arthur Gordon Pym, who stows away aboard a whaling ship called the Grampus. -
Tales of the Gortesque and Arabesque
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is a collection of previously published short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1840, published in two volumes -
The Raven
"The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. -
The death of Virginia
Virginia died of tuberculosis at her and Edgar's home in the Bronx -
The death of a legendary poet
One of the most recent theories about Poe's death suggests that the author succumbed to a brain tumor, which influenced his behavior before his death. When Poe died, he was buried, rather unceremoniously, in an unmarked grave in a Baltimore graveyard.
