Edgar allan poe

How It All Went Down

By srt_luis10

  • Edgar Allan Poe is born

    Edgar Allan Poe is born
    Edgar Poe is born in Boston to Elizabeth Arnold Poe and David Poe, Jr., both traveling actors.

  • Poe's 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

    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. Henry goes to live with his paternal grandparents

  • Poe writes his first poem

    Poe writes his first poem
    A fifteen-year-old Edgar Allan Poe pens his first known poem: "Last night, with many cares & toils oppres'd

  • poe enlists in the U.S. army and shorty after his first book in published

    poe enlists in the U.S. army and shorty after his first book in 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.

  • 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 Clemm

    Poe marries his thirteen year old cousin, Virginia Clemm
    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 the Grotesque and Arabesque is published in two volumes

    Poe's story collection Tales of the 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 Virgina dies of tuberculosis

    Poe's wife Virgina dies of tuberculosis
    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 Allen Poe Dies

    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.