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1-19-1809
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Edgar Allan Poe is born in Boston, Massachusetts
12-8-1811
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Elizabeth Poe Dies of Tuberculosis in Richmond, VA. Day later his father David Poe also dies of tuberculosis. Edgar goes to live with John and Frances Allan as a foster child.
11-15-1824
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Pens first poem, "Last night, with many cares and toils oppre'd,/ Weary, I laid me on a couch to rest."
2-14-1826
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Poe enrolls to the University of Virginia. His foster father only gives him enough money to get there. Poe struggles to make an everyday living.
3-15-1827
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Poe goes $2,000 in debt from gambling in college. Poe ditches college and the Allans. He moves to Baltimore with is aunt and cousin.
2-28-1829
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Frances Allan, whom he loved dearly, dies in Richmond.
5-16-1836
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26 year old Poe marries his 13 year old cousin, Virginia Clemm.
7-15-1839
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Poe is hired at Burton's Gentleman's Magazine.
1-15-1842
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While singing, blood comes out of Virginia Clemm's mouth, signaling Tuberculosis. The ensuing years are especially hard on Poe.
1-30-1847
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After years of battling tuberculosis, Virginia Clemm dies in their home. Poe turns to alcohol for relief.
10-7-1849
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Edgar Allan Poe dies in Boston, MA, after he is found half conscious on the side of the street.