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Edgar Allan Poe is born
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery -
Edgar Allan Poe sister is born
Poe's Sister is Born
Poe's sister Rosalie is born. Shortly after her birth, or possibly even before it, David Poe deserts the family, leaving Poe's mother alone with three children. -
Poe's Parents die
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 -
Poe's 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." -
Poe enlists in the U.S army and shortly after his first book is published
Edgar Allan had no money, no job skills, and had been shunned by John Allan. Edgar went to Boston and joined the U.S. Army in 1827. He was 18
his first book was titled "Tamerlane and other Poems" -
Poe's older brother dies
Edgar's older brother Henry dies of either tuberculosis or cholera at the age of 27 -
Poe marries his 13 year old cousin, Virginia Clemm
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"
This is the only complete novel written by 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 Arabesque" is published in two volumes
This novel is published in Philadelphia by Lea and Blanchard. This is a collection of short stories. -
Poe publishes the poem, "The Raven
This is his most famous poem. It was published in New York Evening Mirror. This poem made him famous throughout America and England. -
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. -
Edgar Allen 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.
