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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (or better known as Mark Twain) was born in Florida, Missouri.
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When Samuel was four years old, he and his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri.
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Samuel's father, John Marshall Clemens, dies of pneumonia when Samuel was just eleven years old.
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When Samuel was only fifteen years old, he left school to begin working as a typesetter in the Hannibal Journal, a company in which his brother Orion owned.
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At the age of eighteen, Samuel decided to leave Hannibal to go work as a printer in New York City, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Cincinnati joining the International Typographical Union.
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Samuel embarks on a two-year apprenticeship to become a fully licensed river pilot where he learned his what would soon be his pen name, Mark Twain.
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Samuel invited his brother, Henry, to come work with him. However, something terribly bad happens when the steamboat they were on, The Pennsylvania, exploded which in turn killed Henry.
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The Civil War broke out which forced Samuel to discontinue his steamboat passion and train with a volunteer Confederate militia for two weeks.
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Samuel became a miner for the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada. However, he failed at this job and decided to go back to printing at the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City.
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Samuel used his pen name for the first time when he wrote an account titled "Letter From Carson" and signed it "Mark Twain".
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Samuel published a short story in the New York Saturday Press titled "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" (which was later called "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"). This story was extremely popular and put Mark Twain on the map as a writer.
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Mark Twain travels to Hawaii as a reporter for San Francisco's Alta California newspaper where he interviews the locals in that area. When he returns to the mainland a few months later, he gives his first public lecture which was a huge success.
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Twain meets his future wife, Olivia Langdon, who was a sister of one of his friends.
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Mark Twain's publishes his first book: "The Innocents Abroad" which becomes a bestseller.
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Twain Marries Olivia Langdon and has a son named Langdon in honor of her maiden name a year later.
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Twain and his family move toward Hartford, Connecticut where he published "Roughing It" which was about his memories living in the west. Olivia and Samuel have a daughter named Susy but their son dies of diphteria later in the year.
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Twain publishes "The Gilded Age", its title is based off an entire era of American history. His most successful invention, the self-pasting scrapbook, was also released to the public.
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Olivia and Samule give birth to another daughter the named Clara who would be the only one of his children to outlive him.
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"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is published.
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Olivia and Twain give birth to their final child Jean.
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Twain publishes his book "Life on The Mississippi" which was about his memories of his time as a steamboat pilot.
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Twain founds his own publishing company called "Charles L. Webster & Co." which was named after his nephew and co-owner Charles L. Webster.
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"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is published which becomes Mark Twain's most famous fiction work.
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Twain publishes "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" However, the public harshly receives the book.
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Twain moves his family from Hartford to Europe due to financial issues.
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Pudd'nhead Wilson, Twain's last novel, is published. Twain's publishing house goes almost bankrupt. However, he sells the company to his close friend Henry Huttleston Rogers saving him from complete disaster.
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At twenty -four years old, Susy dies of meningitis in the U.S. while Twain is lecturing in Europe. When he found out he was devastated and never fully recovered which marked his last successful year as a writer.
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Olivia dies after a serious two-year illness. After she dies, Mark Twain moves back to New York City where he wrote his autobiography.
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Jean Clemens is institutionalized due to severe epilepsy. Albert Bigelow Paine, his biographer, moves in with him to collect material.
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Twain moves back to Connecticut. Due to Twain missing his wife and children, he decided to make the Angelfish club where girls would come over to his house and play cards with him.
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Jean Clemens, Mark Twain's youngest daughter, drowns to death.
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Mark Twain dies at the age of seventy-four years old in his house in Redding, Connecticut.