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Twain publishes the Gilded Age.
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Clara Clemmens is born. Daughter of Mark Twain.
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Mark Twain's novel Tom Sawyer was published.
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Jean Clemmens was born. Mark Twain's second daughter.
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James Garfield was inaugurated as president of the United States
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Czar Nicholas II of Russia was assassinated
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Outlaw Jesse James was shot and killed by Robert Ford.
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Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain was published in 1883.
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Philosopher Karl Marx died at the age of 64
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The enormous volcano at Krakatoa erupted, blowing itself apart and throwing enormous amounts of volcanic dust into the atmosphere.
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Twain founds his his own publishing company, Charles L. Webster & Co.
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National lecture tour with George Washington Cable, November to February 1885.
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The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty's pedestal was placed on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor.
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Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain was published in 1885.
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Grover Cleveland was inaugurated as president of the United States.
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The disassembled Statue of Liberty arrived in New York aboard a French freighter.
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The Haymarket Riot in Chicago took place
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President Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom in the White House
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Chester A. Arthur, former president, died in New York City at the age of 57.
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Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman and reformer, died in Brooklyn, New York at the age of 73.
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The Great Blizzard of 1888 struck the East Coast of the United States.
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The Great Blizzard of 1888 struck the East Coast of the United States.
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The Great Blizzard of 1888 struck the East Coast of the United States.
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The first victim of the murderer called "Jack the Ripper" was discovered in London.
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Twain publishes A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court.
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Benjamine Harrison was inagurated as president of the United States
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Mark Twain goes to Europe.
