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Birthdate
Born January 19 1809 in Boston Massachusetts. -
Parents Separation
Poe’s parents separated in 1810, Elizabeth Poe took the children. -
Parents Death
Poe’s parents died and he was moved to Richmond Virginia to be raised by Frances Allan (tobacco exporter) as a foster child. -
Schooling
Edgar starts going to school at six years old in England for 5 years. -
Returns to the U.S.
Edgar returns to the United States and continues school, in Richmond Virginia. -
College
Poe studied for 11 months at the University of Virginia for ancient and modern langue's. -
First Publishing
Edgar Allan Poe published his first work Tamberlane and Other Poems. -
Joined The Military
Poverty forced Poe to join the U.S. Military where he went by the name Edgar A. Perry -
Mothers death
Poes mother Eliza Poe died from tuberculosis. -
Returned to Baltimore
He was purposefully kicked out of the military by being absent from drills and classes for a week and he returned to Baltimore where he started writing stories. -
Moved to Richmond
Edgar was back in Richmond working as a editor for the Southern Literary Messenger. -
Marriage
Poe married his cousin, Virginia, she was 13 years old when they got married. -
Moved back to NYC
Poe moves back to New York City, and wrote “The Purloined Letter” and “The Premature Burial” -
Wife Dies
Poe's wife Virginia died from tuberculosis. -
Death
Poe mysteriously died and no one actually knows what happened, some say rabies others say he was drunken in a gutter, but did end up dying in a hospital.
