-
1857 BCE
HE STARTED APPRENTICE RIVER PILOT
Mark Twain became a river pilot after doing a two-year course. -
BORN
Mark Twain was born November 30, 1935 in Florida. His real name is Samuel Clemens -
HIS FATHER DEATH
When Mark Twain was elven, his father John Clemens died of pneumonia -
TWAIN TOOK WORK AS A PRINTER
When Mark Twain was fifteen he lived school and he started to work as a printer in Hannibal. -
DEATH OF TWAIN'S BROTHER
Henry , his brother, is killed tragically at the age of 20 in an explosion on the steamboat Pennsylvania. The devastated Twain feels responsible for Henry's death the rest of his life. -
CIVIL WAR
The Civil War breaks out. Trade along the Mississippi River is halted, forcing an end to Twain's steamboat career. Twain spends two weeks training in a volunteer Confederate militia before it disbands. -
MARK TWAIN FAILS AS A MINER AND WORKS AS A REPORTER
Twain Travels West In an adventure later chronicled in the book Roughing It, Twain travels to Nevada with his brother Orion, who had been named the secretary to the territorial governor. -
MARK TWAIN PUBLISHES A NEW BOOK
Mark Twain publishes "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavaras County" -
TWAIN BEGINGS READING
Mark Twain travels to Hawaii as a reporter for San Francisco's newspaper. When he returns to the mainland a few months later, he gives his first public lecture. It's a hit. -
TWAIN MEETS HIS WIFE
Mark Twain meets his wife, Olivia. -
MARK TWAIN PUBLISHED A NEW BOOK
Mark Twain published the "The Innocent Abroad" -
MARK AND OLIVIE BECAME PARENTS
Mark and Olivia had a child
