Mark Twain

Birth of Samuel Langhorne Clemens

Nov 30, 1835

November 30, 1835, Florida, MO

Samuel and family move to Hannibal, Missouri

Mar 12, 1839

Mark twain's father dies

Mar 12, 1847

Twain works as a printer

Mar 12, 1851

Becomes apprentice river pilot

Mar 12, 1857

Adopts pen name Mark Twain

Mar 12, 1857

Civil War causes Twain steamboat career to end

Mar 12, 1861

Twain travels to Nevade and becomes a reporter

Mar 12, 1862

Twain goes to CA and settles in San Fransisco

Mar 12, 1864

"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" gets punblished

Nov 18, 1865

Twain's first book "The Innocenece Abroad" is publsihed

Mar 12, 1869

Twain gets married and has a son

Mar 12, 1870

Twain moves to Hartford, Connecticut

Mar 12, 1872

Daughter born, son dies

Mar 12, 1872

Daughter Clara is born

Mar 12, 1874

Tom Sawyer is published

Mar 12, 1876

Daughter Jean is born

Mar 12, 1880

Twain founds publishing company

Mar 12, 1884

Twain and fmily move to Europe

Mar 12, 1891

Daughter Susy dies

Mar 12, 1896

Twain;s wife dies

Mar 12, 1904

Moves to New York and writes autobiography

Mar 12, 1905

Daughter Jean dies

Mar 12, 1909

Death of Samuel Langhorne Clemens/Mark Twain

Apr 21, 1910

April 21, 1910, Redding, CT