Mark Twain By Staggart15 Dec 30, 1835 Birth of Samuel Mark Twain was born as Samuel Langhorn Clemens. He was the sixth of seven children born to the Clemens family. He was premature and very sick, Haley's comet was visible the night he was born. Sep 14, 1865 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Jan 8, 1875 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Jan 8, 1875 Old Times on the Mississippi Jan 8, 1880 1601 Jan 8, 1883 Life on the Mississippi Dec 8, 1884 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Jan 8, 1892 The American Claimant Jan 8, 1904 The diaries of Adam and Eve Jan 8, 1906 What Is Man?