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Birth of Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain, was born in Florida, Missouri. -
Death of Mark Twain's Father
Twain's father, John Marshall Clemens, died from pneumonia. After his death, the family fell into financial hardship. -
"Jim Smiley And His Jumping Frog"
The short story "Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog" gets published, which rises Twain's profile as a writer. -
Mark Twain Gets Married
Mark Twain got married to Olivia "Livy" Langdon. -
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Published
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Published
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Death of Olivia Langdon Clemens
Twain's wife died in Florence, Italy from congestive heart failure. -
Death of Mark Twain
Mark Twain died in Redding, Connecticut from a heart attack.