EDGAR ALLAN POE

By Maria Antonia Montoya A.

  • 1809

    1809
    Edgar’s Allan Poe birth & James Madison is inaugurated as the fourth president.

  • 1811

    1811
    George III’s period begin and his son takes over rules as a prince regent.

  • 1812

    1812
    Napoleon's Grand Army invades Russia & the US faces 1812 War (declares war over British interference with maritime shipping and expansion).

  • 1813

    1813
    Battle of Boston Harbor & Madison 's second inauguration.

  • 1814

    1814
    Treaty of Ghent, French is defeated by allies in Liberation War, Napoleon is exiled to Elba, Bourbon king Louis XVIII takes the French throne & George Stephenson builds the first practical steam locomotive.

  • 1815

    1815
    Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon is defeated by Wellington & victorious allies change the map of Europe at the Congress of Vienna.

  • 1817

    1817
    USA: James Monroe is inaugurated as the fifth president.

  • 1819

    1819
    USA: Spain agrees to cede Florida to the United States.
    Landmark Supreme Court decision upholds the right of Congress to establish a national bank, a power implied. England: Peterloo massacre at St Peter's field.

  • 1820

    1820
    USA: Missouri Compromise. England: George IV becomes king.

  • 1821

    1821
    Great Britain formally acknowledges American independence in the Treaty of Paris. World: Guatemala, Panama, and Santo Domingo proclaim their independence from Spain.

  • 1822

    1822
    Boston: Boston is incorporated as a city. World: Greeks proclaim a republic and independence from Turkey.
    - Turks invade Greece.
    - Russia declares war on Turkey .
    - Greco-Turkish War Brazil becomes independent of Portugal.

  • 1823

    1823
    USA: Monroe Doctrine & Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation (first constitution).

  • 1824

    1824
    World: Mexico becomes a republic, three years after declaring independence from Spain.
    - Bolivar liberates Peru; becomes its president. USA: Landmark Supreme Court decision broadly defines Congress's right to regulate interstate commerce.

  • 1825

    1825
    USA: John Quincy Adams is inaugurated as the sixth president. England: First passenger-carrying railroad in England.

  • 1826

    1826
    Joseph-Nicphore Niepce takes the world's first photograph.

  • 1828

    1828
    USA: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; the first public railroad.
    - Congress meets for the first time at Federal Hall in New York City.
    - Washington is inaugurated as president at Federal Hall in New York City.

  • 1829

    1829
    England: The police force is founded in London. USA: Andrew Jackson is inaugurated as seventh president.
    - The nation's first census shows that the population has climbed to nearly 4 million.

  • 1830

    1830
    USA: President Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act. World: French invasion of Algeria. England: King George IV dies without legitimate issue and the duke of clarence succeeds him as William IV.

  • 1831

    1831
    USA: Nat Turner, an enslaved African American preacher, leads the most significant slave uprising in American history.
    - Increases the demand for slave labor due to the cotton gin. World: Polish revolt against Russia fails. Belgium separates from the Netherlands.

  • 1834

    1834
    England: The houses of parliament are destroyed by fire.

  • 1836

    1836
    USA: Texas declares its independence from Mexico.

  • 1837

    1837
    England: Victoria comes to the throne after the death of William IV. USA: Martin Van Buren is inaugurated as the eighth president.

  • 1838

    1838
    England: Charles Dickens' 'Oliver Twist' is published.
    - People's Charter advocates social and political reform.
    - London-Birmingham line opens and the railway boom starts. USA: More than 15,000 Cherokee Indians were forced to march from Georgia to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma.

  • 1839

    1839
    England: Prime Minister Viscount Melbourne resigns and sparks a political crisis. World: First Opium War (to 1842) between Britain and China, over importation of drugs into China.

  • 1840

    1840
    England: Vaccination for the poor is introduced.

  • 1841

    1841
    England: Sir Robert Peel forms a Conservative government. USA: William Henry Harrison is inaugurated as the ninth president. He dies one month later and is succeeded in office by his vice president, John Tyler.

  • 1842

    1842
    England: Income tax is introduced for the first time during peacetime. World: Crawford Long uses first anesthetic.

  • 1843

    1843
    England: Church of Scotland splits over separation of church and state.

  • 1845

    1845
    USA: annexes Texas by joint resolution of Congress.
    - James Polk is inaugurated as the 11th president. BOSTON: Edgar Allan Poe publishes The Raven and Other Poems. England: Irish potato famine begins.

  • 1846

    1846
    USA: Oregon Treaty-
    - The U.S. declares war on Mexico. England: Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel resigns after the Corn Laws are repealed.

  • 1848

    1848
    USA: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. England: Irish nationalist John Mitchel is arrested for treason.
    - Public Health Act aims to reduce death rates. World: Revolt in Paris: Louis Philippe abdicates; Louis Napoleon elected president of French Republic.

  • 1849

    1849
    England: Important artists establish the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. USA: Gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill in California.
    - Women's rights convention is held at Seneca Falls, N.Y.
    - Zachary Taylor is inaugurated as the 12th president.