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Mark Twain
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Twain's Life
Born Samuel L. Clemens in Florida, MO
Nov 30 1835
The Clemens family moves to Hannibal, MO
1839
Clemens gets an apprenticeship at the local newspaper
1847
Clemens serves in the Civil War for two weeks before his unit is disbanded
1861
Twain marries Olivia Langdon
February 1870
The Clemens family moves to Hartford, CT
1874
Twain pays all college fees of Warner McGuinn, the first black student at Yale
1885
Daughter Susy Clemens dies
1896
Olivia dies in Florence, Italy
1904
Daughter Jean Clemens dies
1909
Mark Twain dies at home in Hartford, CT
April 21 1910
Twain's Career
Clemens adopts his pen name "Mark Twain"
1865
Clemens works at the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise
1865 - 1869
Twain visits New York City on assignment
January 1867
Innocents Abroad, Twain's first book, published
1869
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer published
1876
The Prince and the Pauper published
1881
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn published
1884
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court published
1889
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson published
1894
The Death of Jean, written on Jean's deathbed, published
1909
US Events
Halley's Comet passes by Earth
Approx. November 1835
American Civil War
1861 - 1865
Abraham Lincoln Assassinated
April 15, 1865
Spanish American War
April 1898 - August 1898
Halley's Comet passes by Earth
Approx. 1910
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