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Edgar Poe is born.
Edgar Poe is born on January 19, in Boston. -
Mother passes away
Elizabeth Arnold Poe dies of tuberculosis in Richmond, Virginia. Within days, David Poe also dies of tuberculosis. With no parents to take care of them, the three children of the family are split up. Henry goes to live with his paternal grandparents. A Richmond couple, John and Frances Allan, take in Edgar as a foster child. Rosalie is taken in by another Richmond family named Mackenzie. Both Edgar and Rosalie adopt their foster families' names as their middle names. -
Edgar Enrolls in School in London
The Allan family sails to London, where Edgar enrolls in school. -
Back To the USA
Five years after leaving America for England, the Allans return to Richmond, Virginia. -
First Poem
(Not exact date!!!) 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." -
College; University of Virginia
Poe enrolls midway through the academic year at the University of Virginia, which had opened less than a year before. -
Soldier and Published Author
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 visits John Sartain in Philidelphia
June 30 - Poe leaves NYC and visits John Sartain in Philidelphia. -
Poe stays at the Swan Tavern
July 13 - Poe goes to Richmond and stays at the Swan Tavern Hotel. -
Edgar's Death
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
