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Sunday, May 29, 2022

Basic timeline of Mark Twain

This post is a basic timeline of writer Mark Twain (1835-1910). There are 17 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• 1835: Born in Florida, Missouri
• 1839: Moves to Hannibal, Missouri with family
• 1851: Begins writing for the Hannibal Journal
• 1850's: Beings working as a printer in various cities
• 1863: Begins writing for Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, Nevada
• 1865: Publishes The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
• 1867: Travels to Europe and the Middle East
• 1969: Publishes The Innocents Abroad
• 1873: Moves to Hartford, Connecticut
• 1873: Publishes The Gilded Age
• 1876: Publishes The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
• 1881: Publishes The Prince and the Pauper
• 1883: Publishes Life on the Mississippi
• 1884: Publishes Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• 1889: Publishes A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
• 1895: Begins world lecture tour
• 1910: Died at age 74 in Redding, Connecticut