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Edgar Poe is born
Edgar Poe was born to David and Elizabeth Poe in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19th, 1809. -
Edgar's Mother, Elizabeth, Dies
(Month and Day Unknown) When Poe was just three years old, his mother died of tuberculosis. She was only tewnty four. -
Edgar Poe becomes Edgar Allan Poes
(Month and Day unknown) Poe is taken in, but not officially adopte, by John and Frances Allan after his mother died. -
The War of 1812
The war of 1812 began. -
Thomas Jefferson Dies
Thomas Jefferson died from physical weakness. -
Ludwig van Beethoven Dies
Beethoven died from lead-poisoning. -
Andrew Jackson became President
(Day and Month Unknown) Andrew Jackson became the seventh president of the United States of America. -
Frances, Poe's Foster Mother, Dies
Frances Allen, Poe's foster mother, died of tuberculosis, the same disease his mother died of. -
Poe's First Love
(Month and Date Unknown, Year= Estimate) Edgar Allan Poe and Sarah Elmira Royster were secretyl engaged. Roysters's father disaproved of Poe, so he cut-off their letters. Sarah thought that Edgar had forgotten her, so she ended the engagement. -
Edgar Allan Poe Marries
Poe married his cousin, Virginia Clemm, when she is thirteen years old in Richmond, Virginia. -
The Raven
Poe's poem, "The Raven", is published and becomes ver popular. -
Virginia Dies
Virginia died from tuberculosis at age twenty four, the same disease and age at which Edgar's mother, Elizabeth died, and the same disease that caused his foster mother, Frances, died.
