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November
30, 1835
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Born
at Florida, Missouri. |
| 1839 |
Family
moved to Hannibal, Missouri. |
| March
24, 1847 |
Father
died; began work as a printer's apprentice. |
| 1853 |
Worked
as a printer at St Louis, then in New York and Philadelphia. |
| 1854 |
Worked
again in St Louis. |
| 1855 |
Worked
with Orion Clemens at Keokuk, Iowa. |
| 1856-57 |
Worked
in Cincinnati |
| 1857 |
Abandoned
printer's trade and became a pilot's apprentice and then a pilot on
the Mississippi. |
| 1861 |
Pilot's
job ended; enlisted as a Confederate in a temporary Missouri organization.
Retired after two weeks. |
1861
|
Went
to Nevada as unpaid secretary to his brother Orion.
Became a miner. |
| 1862 |
On
the staff of Territorial Enterprise, Virginia City. |
| 1863 |
Adopted
the pen name of 'Mark Twain.' |
| March
- June 1866 |
Sandwich
Islands trip. |
| October
2, 1866 |
San
Francisco lecture on the Sandwhich Islands. |
| December
15, 1866 |
Sailed
from San Francisco for New York via the Isthmus. |
| May
6, 1867 |
Lectured
in Cooper Union building, New York. |
| June
- November 1867 |
The
Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Sketches. |
| December
23, 1867 |
Met
Olivia Langdon; went with her to hear Charles Dickens' lecture. |
| 1868 |
To
California and back via Aspinwall to discuss the rights of publishing
Quaker City letters. |
| July
2, 1868 |
Farewell
Address in San Francisco |
| February
4, 1869 |
Engagement
with Olivia Langdon. |
| February
2, 1870 |
Married
Olivia Langdon. |
| August
- November 1872 |
First
visit to England. |
| 1873 |
Published
The Guilded Age; built a house in Hartford. |
| May
- January 1873-1874 |
Second
visit to England. |
| 1876 |
Tom
Sawyer. |
| December
17, 1877 |
The
Whittier Birthday Speech. |
| April
- September 1878 |
Europe's
tour - Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France and England. |
| November
13, 1879 |
Speech
at the Grant Banquet at Chicago. |
| 1883 |
Life
of Mississippi |
| 1884 |
Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn |
| 1885 |
Contract
with General Grant. |
| 1888 |
Master
of Arts of Yale. |
| 1889 |
Connecticut
Yankee. |
| 1891 |
The
American Claimant. |
| June
1892 |
Back
to America for two weeks; returned to Europe. |
| May
1894 |
Returned
to France, then back to America. |
| April
- December 1895 |
Joan
of Arc |
| July
1895 July - 1896 |
Round-the-world
lecture tour - United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India
and South Africa. |
| 1897 |
Following
the Equator. |
| 1901 |
Doctor
of Letters degree from Yale. |
| June
5, 1904 |
Mrs
Clemens died. |
| 1906-7 |
Trip
to Bermuda. |
| 1907 |
To
England; Oxford Degree, June 26, 1907. |
| November
1909 |
To
Bermuda again. |
| December
1909 |
Back
to Stormfield. Jean Clemens died, December 24. |
| January
1910 |
Back
to Bermuda. |
| April
1910 |
Returned
to Stormfield. |
| April
21, 1910 |
Mark
Twain died. |
