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Edgar Allan Poe is Born
On January 19, 1809, Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Poe's father and mother, both professional actors, died before the poet was three years old, and John and Frances Allan raised him as a foster child in Richmond, Virginia. -
Poe's Sister is Born
Rosalie Mackenzie Poe was born on November 20, 1810
Norfolk, Virginia. Daughter of David Poe Jr. and Elizabeth Poe
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Poe's Parents Die
Both parents died in 1811, and Poe became an orphan before he was 3 years old. -
Poe writes his first poem
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Poe Enlists
Poe enlist in the U.S. Army and shortly after his first book is published. -
Poe olders brother dies.
William Henry Leonard Poe, often referred to as Henry Poe, (January 30, 1807 – August 1, 1831) was a sailor, amateur poet and the older brother of Edgar Allan Poe and Rosalie Poe. -
Virginia Clemm
Edgar Allan Poe marries his thirteen year old cousin, Virginia Clemm -
Poe's first novel
Poe writes his first novel "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" -
Poe's story collection
"Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque " is published in two volumes -
The Raven
Poe publishes the poem "The Raven" -
Poe's wife
Virginia dies of tuberculosis at their home in the Bronx -
Edgar Allan Poe Dies
He is widely regarded as a central figure of Romanticism in the United States and American literature as a whole, and he was one of the country's earliest practitioners of the short story.Theories as to what caused Poe's death include suicide, murder, cholera, hypoglycemia, rabies, syphilis, influenza, and that Poe was a victim of cooping. Evidence of the influence of alcohol is strongly disputed.
