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Edgar Allen Poe is born
[Gasp]! It's a boy!!!! Born in Boston Mass. to a Mrs. Virginia Poe, and to a Mr. David Poe Jr. -
Poe's sister is born
Poe's sister was born as Rosalie Mackenzie Poe on December 10, 1810. -
Poe's parents die
By 1811, his father had abandoned the family, leaving Elizabeth Poe alone with two-year-old Edgar, his elder brother Henry, and his infant sister Rosalie. And things soon got worse. On 8 December 1811, Elizabeth Poe died of tuberculosis in Richmond, Virginia. -
Poe writes first poem
First poem was in a collection of poems along with Tamerlane -
Poe enlists in US army then published first book.
Yes, in that order. -
Poe's Older brother dies
William Henry Poe was a sailor and writer. -
Poe marries his thirteen year old cousin, Virginia Clemm
"Here Comes the bride, Here comes the bride" -
Poe writes first novel: The Narrative of Srthur Gordon Pym
He was an author AND a Poet? The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket (1838) is the only complete novel written by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The work relates the tale of the young Arthur Gordon Pym, who stows away aboard a whaling ship called the Grampus. -
Publishes The Raven
Arguably his most famous poem, and is what he is most known for. Was made into a movie. -
Poe's wife dies at home in bronx.
Virginia Poe died of tuberculosis at their home in the Bronx in New York. -
Poe's Story collection is published in two different volumes
Included Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque -
Edgar Allan Poe dies
One of the most recent theories about Poe's death suggests that the author succumbed to a brain tumor, which influenced his behavior before his death. When Poe died, he was buried, rather unceremoniously, in an unmarked grave in a Baltimore graveyard.
