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Edgar Allan Poe is Born
Poe was born in Boston, the second child of two actors. -
Poe's Sister is Born
Rosalie, sister of Edgar Allan Poe, is said to have been born in December of 1810, but we have no solid documentary evidence for this assertion. All we know for certain is that she was born long enough after the disappearance of her mother Eliza's husband, David Poe, for questions to arise about the girl's paternity. -
Poe's Parents Die
Eliza finally died on Sunday morning, December 8, 1811, at the age of twenty-four,surrounded by her children. It is generally assumed that she died of tuberculous. She is buried at St. John's Episcopal Church in Richmond. David Poe died on December 11, 1811, only three days after Eliza's death. -
Poe Writes his first poem
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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
Edger's older brother henry either dies of tuberculosis or cholera at the age of 27 -
Poe marries his thirteen year old cousin, Virginia Clemm
The couple eloped in Baltimore on September 22, 1835, and made their marriage public with a ceremony in Richmond, Virginia, on May 16, 1836. The wedding was held that spring evening at a boarding house, where the couple and Maria stayed the night. -
Poe writes his first novel The Narritive of Arthur Gordon Pym
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 -
Poe's story collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arbesque is published in two Volumes
a collection of previously published short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1840.It was published by the Philadelphia firm Lea & Blanchard and released in two volumes. -
Poe's publishes the poem, The Raven.
The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness -
Poe's wife Virginia dies of tuberculosis at their home in the Bronx
Poe's wife dies of tuberculosis at their home in Bronx. The loss of Poe's wife sends him in to a down spiral of alcoholism. -
Edgar Allan Poe Dies
After being found unconscious in a Baltimore gutter, Edgar Allan Poe is taken to the hospital and pronounced dead, with the cause still unknown. Poe is buried at Westminster Presbyterian church in Baltimore.
