Edgar allan poe biography timeline examples

  

1809

 

1810

1 year old

• Edgar's parents separate.

  Elizabeth Poe takes the children.

• Beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Fur Elise.

1811

2 years old

• Edgar's mother, Elizabeth dies.
• Mr. and Mrs. John Allan adopt Edgar Poe.

1812

3 years old

1813

4 years old

1814

5 years old

1815

6 years old

1816

7 years old

1817

8 years old

1818

9 years old

1819

10 years old

1820

11 years old

• Edgar returns to the United States and continues his schooling.
• Florence Nightingale is born on May 12, in Italy.

1821

12 years old

1822

13 years old

1823

14 years old

• Edgar attends the academy of William Burke, succeeds in athletics.

1824

15 years old

1825

16 years old

1826

17 years old

• Edgar attends the University of Virginia, goes by "Edgar Poe".
• James Fenimore Cooper, 37, writes "The Last of the Mohicans".

1827

18 years old

• Poe drops out of school beca