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The sixth child in the family, Mark Twain was born in Florida, Missouri as Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
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Twain's family moves to Hannibal, Missouri, a riverbank town along the Mississippi. The town in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was modeled after this town.
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Twain's father dies of pneumonia, which leaves the family into a financial hardships.
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Mark Twain leaves school at 15, and becomes a printer with the Hannibal Gazette and publishes first sketches.
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Mark Twain becomes a licensed river pilot. There he learns the language, such as 'mark twain', referring to the depth of the river when its safe for a boat to navigate.
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As the Civil War breaks out, it halts river trade. As a result, Twain spends two weeks training as a volunteer Confederate militia before sent out.
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"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavaras County" gets published, and becomes extremely popular, appearing in eastern newspapers.
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Twain marries his wife, Olivia. Langdon (their first son) is born later that year.
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Mark Twain publishes, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".
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At 50, Mark Twain publishes his two greatest works, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", and the memoirs of U.S. president Ulysses Grant.
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Twain's last novel, "Pudd'nhead Wilson" is published. After 10 years of Charles L. Webster & Co., it fails. Twain goes bankrupt unfortunately.
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Mark Twain dies at the age of 74, in his home which is in Redding, Connecticut.
