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Birth
Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, MA on January 19, 1809 -
Parents Separate
Edgar Allan Poe's parents separate and his mother took him and his siblings -
Poe's Mom Dies
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Allans adopt Poe
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Attends English school
Goes to School in England -
Returns To America
Five years after leaving America for England, the Allans return to Richmond, Virginia. -
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." -
College
Poe enrolls in Virginia University, halfway through the year, and only a year after it opened. -
Drops out of School
Poe drops out of school because John Allan didn't provide him with enough money. -
Joins Army
Poe cannot support himself, so he enlists in the army under the name Edgar A. Perry -
Published Author
Poe publishes Tamerlane and Other Poems -
Death of Foster Mother
Frances Allan dies -
West Point
Poe is appointed to West Point -
Kicked out of West Point
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Death of Brother
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Death of John Allan
John Allan dies and leaves Edgar with nothing from his will -
Southern Literary Messenger
Poe takes a job as editor of the Southern Literary Messenger magazine. He publishes critical reviews of other writers' work as well as his own stories and poems. -
Marriage
Poe, 27, marries his 13-year old cousin Virginia Clemm in Richmond, Virginia -
First Book Published
Poe's first novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, is published. -
Magazine Editor
Poe is hired as an editor at Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, a job he holds until June 1840. -
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque
Poe's story collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is published in two volumes. -
Virginia Is Sick
While singing at the piano, Virginia begins to bleed from her mouth, a symptom of untreated tuberculosis. Her illness grows progressively worse. -
Lectures
Poe becomes a very popular lecturer on poetry -
Moves To New York
Poe, his wife, and her mother move to New York City, where he gets a job at the New York Evening Mirror. -
The Raven
The Raven is published and is a huge success -
Death of Wife
Virginia Clemm dies -
Death