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Edgar Allan Poe

  • Edgar Poe is born in Boston.

  • Edgar Allan goes to school in England

  • Edgar returns to the United States and continues his schooling.

  • Edgar attends the academy of William Burke, succeeds in athletics.

  • Edgar attends the University of Virginia, goes by "Edgar Poe".

  • Poe writes and prints his first book, "Tamerlane and other Poems". Poe can't support himself so he joins the United States Army.

  • Edgar Poe marries his cousin Virginia in May. She is 13.

  • Poe writes "The Raven".

  • Edgar Allan Poe dies