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The Day Edgar Allen Poe was born
He was the second child born to the family of Elizabeth Arnold Poe and David Poe, Jr.. They were both traveling actors. -
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Edgar Allen Poe
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Edgars Sister was Born
Poes sister was named Rosalie. Shortly after her birth Edgars father David left them, leaving Elizabeth alone with 3 kids. -
Parents Death
Elizabeth dies of tuberculosis in Richmond Virgina and David also dies of tuberculosis. The family was then split up. -
Edgar sails to London to enroll for school
his first day of school -
Edgar comes back to the USA
must be good to be back in the USA -
Edgars first poem
his first poem -
College
Poe went to the University of Virginia -
Poe splits with the Allans
Poe wants to have his own life -
Edgar is a soilder and a author
edgar goes into the US. Army -
Edgars Foster Mother Dies
Edgar was really close with his Foster mother -
Edgar goes to West Point
Edgar goes to a milatary college -
Death of brother
Edgar's older brother Henry dies of either tuberculosis or cholera at the age of 27 -
Edgar gets kicked out of West Point and is a emerging writer
Edgar was tired of the miliatary -
Southern Messanger
Edgar gets a job as editor -
Mariage
Edgar maries his cousin Virginia Clemm when she was only 13 years old -
Moves North
Edgar and wife decide to move north -
First Novel
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, is published. -
Magazine Editor
Edgar is hired as an editor at Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, a job he holds until June 1840. -
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque
Edgars story collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is published in two volumes. -
Editing Again
editor at Graham's Magazine, where he works until May 1842. -
Virginia Falls III
Virginia begins to bleed from her mouth, a symptom of untreated tuberculosis. -
Lecturer
lectures on poetry -
New York Bound
Poe, his wife, and her mother move to New York City -
Nevermore
Poe publishes the poem , The Raven It is wildly successful, bringing the writer the fame and fortune that have long eluded him -
Magazine Fails
he Broadway Journal folds due to serious financial problems -
Death of wife
Virginia dies of tuberculosis at their home in the Bronx -
Engagment
Edgar proposes to a poet named Sarah Helen Whitman, who agrees on the condition that he quit drinking -
Death
After being found unconscious in a Baltimore gutter, Edgar Allan Poe is taken to the hospital and pronounced dead of causes still unknown
