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Edgar Allan Poe is born
On this day, Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the second child of actress Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe and actor David Poe Jr. -
Rosalie Poe was born
Rosalie was born in Richmonda, Virginia and was speculated to have a different father than Edgar Poe. -
Poe's parents die
On December 8th Poe's mother, Eliza Hopkins dies from what is assumed as tuberculosis. Three days later on December 11th, after having left his family a year ealier, Poe's father, David Poe Jr, dies from reasons unrecorded. -
Poe writes his first poem.
Poe writes a two line poem, Poetry - Edgar A. Poe. It is his earliest surviving poem, and was never published during his lifetime, nor used as part of a longer poem. -
Poe enlists in the U.S Army and his first book is published.
Poe drops out of university and enlists in the army under the name Edgar A. Perry. His first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems is published in Boston by Calvin F. S. Thomas. -
Poe's older brother dies.
William Henry Leonard Poe dies in Baltimore, suspected death being tuberculosis or cholera. -
Poe marries Virginia Clemm.
At 27, Poe marries his 13 year old first cousin, Virginia Clemm, in Richmond, Virginia. -
Poe writes his first novel.
Poe’s first novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, is published in New York by Harper & Brothers. -
Poe's story collection is published.
Poe’s Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is published in two volumes in Philadelphia by Lea and Blanchard. -
Poe publishes The Raven
Poe’s most famous poem, “The Raven” is published in the New York Evening Mirror -
Poe's wife dies
Poe's wife, Virginia Clemm, dies of tuberculosis at their home in the Bronx. -
Edgar Allan Poe dies.
Edgar Allan Poe dies in Baltimore in the Washington University Hospital, death still unknown to this day.