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Birth of Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts under David and Elizabeth Poe. -
Death of Elizabeth Poe
Elizabeth Poe died of Tuberculosis when she was 24 years old, leaving all of the Poe children to be orphans. -
Edgar Poe taken in by the Allans
The date isn't exactly correct, but around that time, Edgar Poe was taken in by John and Frances Allan, a wealthy family from Richmond, Virginia. -
(World Event) War of 1812 Begins
The United States declared war on Great Brittain June 18th, 1812, which began the war of 1812. -
(World Event) Star Spangled Banner Composed
This was composed by Francis Scott Key while he was watching the destuction of Fort McHenry from a boat. When he was sure that the Americans would lose, he woke up in the morning and saw that the flag was still raised, and he wrote the poem. -
(World Event) War of 1812 ends with the Treaty of Ghent
There is controversy on who won the war, but it all ended with the Treaty of Ghent. -
"The Raven" First Published
The Raven was written a while before it was acutally published, when it was in the The New York Evenining Mirror -
(World Event) Mexican-American War
Congress declared war on Mexico, because there was a large dispute on land. -
Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe Dies
Virginia Poe dies of Tuberculosis, which coincidentally, is how his mother and foster mother died. -
Death of Edgar Allan Poe
Poe died October 7th, 1849 at Washington University Hospital in Baltimore. He is buried in Westminster Burying Ground in Baltimore. There are several theories on how he died, like alchoholism, rabies, epilepsy, and more. -
The Tell-Tale Heart First Published
The short story was written in 1843, but was not published until 1850. Only a year after the death of Poe.
