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Birth
Edgar Allen Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in England. -
The Illinois Territory is created.
The state Illinois was created in the same year as Edgars birth. -
Edgars Mother dies
Edgars mother died of tuberculosis when he was only 3 years old. -
Maine becomes the 23rd state
Maine becomes its own state. -
When Poes Foster Mother died.
She died of the same disease as Poes birth mother. -
Chile destroyed by earthquake.
5,000 people died in the earthquake. -
The Tell Tale Heart
The bool The Tell Tale Heart was pubished in 1843 and later changed in 1845 -
The Raven was published
The Raven is the storie he wrote for his wife while she was dieing. -
Potato blight breaks out in Ireland:
Potato blight makes it hard for the Irish to grow there crops. -
Edgar's wife/ cousin dies.
His wife died the of tuberculosis at the same age as his mother when she died. -
Edgar Allen Poe dies.
He died at Washington University Hospital, which is in Baltimore, Maryland. Be is buried in Westminster Burying Ground.
