Poe Timeline
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Updated: 14 Dec 2017
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Created byCarlene Hawkins
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Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, MSPoe enrolled at the University of VirginiaPoe enlisted in the US Army under the false name Edgar A. PerryPresident Andrew Jackson took the oath of office for the second timeEdgar's mother, Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins died of tuberculosisEdgar Allan Poe started living with his foster parents, John and Francis AllanEdgar Allan Poe published his first book, "Tamerlane and Other Poems"Poe's foster dad, John Allan past awayEdgar Allan Poe got an editors job for the Southern Literary MessengerPoe married his 13 year old cousin when he was 26Slavery was abolished in the British EmpirePoe reunited with Sarah Elmira Royster Shelton, his adolescent sweetheart, and later got engaged to marry herEdgar Allan Poe died in Baltimore, MAThe Baltimore Ravens are named after Edgar Allan Poe, "The Raven"Poe writes the "The Raven"The California Gold rush beginsPoe published "The Fall of the House of UsherPoe publishes "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"Florida becomes the 27th US stateThomas Jefferson and John Adams die on the same dayUnderground Railroad, a secret system for helping fugitive slaves reach safety, is organizedFrance's Alexis de Tocqueville publishes "Democracy in America", a noted study of U.S. political and social institutionsOliver Wendell Holmes publishes "Old Ironsides"Ralph Waldo Emerson publishes his first collection, Essays, including "Self Reliance" and "The Oliver-Soul"The Baltimore Ravens football team were officially named after Edgar Allan Poe most famous writing, "The Raven"Published "Hop Frog"Published "Black Cat"
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