Edgar allan poe

Edgar Allen Poe

By mattguess

  • Edgar Allan Poe is Born

    Edgar Allan Poe is Born
    Edgar Allan Poe was born on Jan. 19, 1809. In Boston, MA

  • Poe's Sister Is born

    Poe's Sister Is born
    Rosalie Mackenzie Poe was born almost a year after Edgar

  • Poe's Parents Die

    Poe's Parents Die
    Poe's dad abandoned the family then his mom died of tuberculosis on Dec. 8,1811 leaving the three kids alone

  • Poe Write his first Poem

    Poe Write his first Poem
    A 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."31

  • 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, Virginia Clemn.

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

  • Poe writes his first novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym.

    Poe writes his first novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym.
    Poe's first novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, is published.

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

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

  • Poe publishes the poem, The Raven

    Poe publishes the poem, The Raven
    Poe publishes the poem , The Raven in the New York Evening Mirror. It is wildly 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 Virginia dies of tuberculosis at their home in the Bronx. Poe has been so despondent during the final months of her illness that friends thought he was going insane. The loss of his wife sends Poe into a downward spiral of alcoholism.

  • Edgar Allan Poe dies

    Edgar Allan 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 buried at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Baltimore.