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He's Born
Born in Boston, Mass. -
Rosalie is born
Rosalie M. Poe, the sister of EAP. Born in Northfolk, Virginia. -
His parents die
Elizabeth died of tuberculosis in Richmond, Virginia.
The father, David, was out of the picture and there is little information about his death other than he died in Norfolk, Virginia. Edgar was then taken in by Richmond couple, his sister to another, and his older brother Henry to his paternal grandparents. -
His first poem
"Last night, with many cares & toils oppres'd,/ Weary, I laid me on a couch to rest." This poem was never published in his lifetime and not used in another longer poem. -
His brother dies
William Henry Leonard Poe, who was also an amateur poet, sailor, and older brother of Poe. He died in Baltimore, MD. -
He marries his cousin
Virginia Clemm was Poe's first wife. The couple were first cousins and publicly married when Virginia Clemm was 13. -
Enlistment in Army
When Poe enlisted in the US Army he went under a different name, Edgar A. Perry. -
He writes his first novel
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket 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. -
He has a story collection
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is a collection of previously published short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1840. -
The Raven is published
The poem is noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. -
The death of his wife
She died of tuberculosis in their home in Bronx. -
Poe Dies
He died in the Church Home and Hospital in Baltimore. 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
