| Ereignisse |
| 1809 |
Jan 19 Edgar Poe born in Boston, his
parents are playing at the Federal State Theater.
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| 1811 |
Dec 8: Poe's mother dies. Poe stays at the Allan family
(John and Francis).
|
| 1815 |
July 28: arrival in Britain with the Allan family. |
| 1818 |
Poe attending school at Manour House, Stoke-Newington, near London. |
| 1826 |
February 14: Poe enters University of Virginia
(Charlottesville) - leaves it on Dec 15.
|
| 1827 |
Poe and John Allan have a serious row.
-- May 26: Poe enlists in the US Army, as Edgar A. Perry.
He is sent to Fort Independence (Boston Harbour).
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| 1829 |
January 1: Poe obtains rank of Seargent Major.
-- Feb 29 Francis Allan dies.
-- Apr 15: voluntary retirement from the army. Poe goes to Washington.
|
| 1830 |
June: Poe at the US Military Academy at West Point, NY. |
| 1831 |
February 19: Poe leaves West Point.
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| 1834 |
March 27: John Allan dies, leaving nothing to Poe. |
| 1835 |
August: Poe leaves Baltimore for Richmond to become an Aassistant
editor of The Southern Literary Messenger.
|
| 1836 |
May 16: Poe and Virginia (< 14) marry. |
| 1837 |
January 3: Poe leaves the Messenger.
|
| 1839 |
June: Poe becomes assistant editor of Burton's Gentleman's Magazine.
|
| 1840 |
Poe leaves Burton. |
| 1841 |
April: Poe becomes editor of Graham's Magazine.
|
| 1842 |
May: Poe leaves Graham's Magazine.
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| 1845 |
Mar 8: Poe becomes one of the editors of The Broadway Journal and later, obtains the post of its owner
|
| 1846 |
Jan 3: The Broadway Journal doesn't exist anymore
|
| 1847 |
Jan 30: Virginia dies. |
| 1848 |
Sep 21: Poe travels to Providence, RI, to meet Mrs. Sarah
Helen Whitman.
-- Dec 22: a marriage agreement is drawn up, the wedding is to take
place a few days later, but the engagement is broken off.
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| 1849 |
Jul 13: He goes to Richmond and meets Sarah Elmira Royster,
whom he hopes to marry.
-- Oct 3: Poe is discovered unconscious in Baltimore and taken
to the Washington College Hospital.
-- Oct 7: Poe dies at 5 AM.
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