Events
Mark twain is bornMovedMoved back into Boyhood homeBecomes apprentice of Joseph Ament of Missouri Courier newspaper.“The Dandy Frightening the Squatter,” was publishedBecame apprentice river pilot under Captain Horace Bixby of the Paul Jones.Fully licensed PilotFirst used pen name Mark Twain on Enterprise.“Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” published"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" published.Mark Twain diesFirst book, "The Innocents Abroad" Wreporter on the Virginia City, Nevada Territorial EnterpriseEngaged to Olivia Louise Langdon"The Innocents Abroad," publishedMark and Olivia marryFirst son, Langdon bornLangdon diesMoved to Hartford, ConnecticutDaughter, Susy is bornBook two "Roughing It" publishedReceived patent for self-pasting scrapbookDaughter, Clara born"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" publishedspeaks at John Greenleaf Whittier’s 70th BirthdayDaughter, Jean bornGathers information for "Life on the Mississippi""Life on the Mississippi" published"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" published"Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant" AutobiographyReceived Master of Arts degreeAttends his Mother's funeralMeets Rudyard KiplingMark Twain’s "Memory Builder Game" put on the marketTwain earns title "Belle of New York."Clemens’s publishing firm facing bankruptcyDaughter, Susy dies of Meningitis"Following the Equator" publishedSailed for Florence, Italy with OliviaOlivia diesTraveled to Oxford UniversityDaughter Clara marries Ossip GabrilowitschPeriods
Moved into Boyhood homeMoved out of Boyhppd homeMark Twain's Lecture tourNational lecture tourClemens family traveled Europe: Germany, France, Italy.
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