Edgar Allan Poe

By Jessica Isis Roman

  • Edgar Allan Poe is Born

    Edgar Allan Poe is Born
    On this day in 1809, poet, author and literary critic Edgar Allan Poe is born in Boston,Massachussetts

  • Poe's Sister is born

    Poe's Sister is born
    Poe's sister Rosalie is born. shortly after her birth, her father abandons the family. Leaving behind three children.

  • Poe's Parents Die

    Poe's Parents Die
    Elizabeth Arnold dies of tuberculosis, within days later David poe also dies of tuberculosis. With no parents to care for them the three children are split up

  • Poe Writes his first poem

    Poe Writes his first poem
    The fifteen-year old Edgar Allan Poe pens his first known poem "Last night with many cares & toils oppres'd/Weary, I laid me on a couch to rest

  • Poe enlists in the U.S Army and shortly after his first book is published

    Poe enlists in the U.S Army and shortly after his first book is published
    Poe enlists in the U.S Army under the name 'Edgar A. Perry'. Shortly after, his first book- a poetry collection entitled "Tamerlane and Other Poems- is published. The author is listed only as "A Bostonian. "

  • Poe's older brother dies

    Poe's older brother dies
    Edgar's older brother Henry dies of either tuberculosis or cholera at the age of 27

  • Poe Marries his thirteen year old cousin, Virgini Clemn

    Poe Marries his thirteen year old cousin, Virgini Clemn
    Poe- now 27 years old- marries his thirteen year old cousin, Virginia Clemn, at a ceremony in Richmond, Virginia.

  • Poe Write's his first novel "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym"

    Poe Write's his first novel "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym"
    Poe's first novel "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym is published.

  • Poe Publishes the poem, The Raven

    Poe Publishes the poem, The Raven
    Poe publishes the poem, The Raven in the New Yoek Evening Mirror. It is successful bringing the writer the fame and fortune that have long eluded him.

  • Poe's wife Virginia dies of tuberculosis at their home in the Bronx

    Poe's wife Virginia dies of tuberculosis at their home in the Bronx
    Poe's wife dies of tuberculosis. The loss of his wife sends Poe into a downward spiral of alcoholism

  • Edgar Allen Poe Dies

    Edgar Allen Poe Dies
    After being found unconscious in a Baltimore gutter, Edgar Allan poe is taken to the hospital and pronounced dead of causes still unknown. He is barried at Westminister Prebysterian Church in Baltimore

  • Poe's story collection Tales of The Grotesque and Arabesque is published in two volumes.

    Poe's story collection Tales of The Grotesque and Arabesque is published in two volumes.
    Poe's story collection Tales of The Grotesque and Arabesque is published in two volumes