|  | Mark Twain     |   home  Mark Twain Bio    |   Famous Writings   |   Quotes   |   Pictures   |   My Short Story by Twain    |   Timeline Of Mark Twains Life   |   Sources Of Info    Timeline Of Mark Twains Life  11/30/1835 Born to John Marshall and Jane Lampton Clemens, in  Florida, Missouri. Named Samuel Langhorne Clemens.  1861 Was a Solider in the  Confederate Army 1863 Began using his pen name "Mark Twain" 1865 The Celebrating Jumping Frog of Calaveras County 1870 Got Married to Olivia Langdon 1876 Wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1880  Wrote A Tramp Aboard 1882 Wrote The Prince and the Pauper 1884 Wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1888 Got a Master of arts degree from Yale 1889 Wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur`s Court 1892 Wrote The American Claimant 1894 Wrote Tom Sawyer Abroad 1894 Wrote The Tragedy of Pudd`nhead Wilson 1896 Wrote Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc 1896 WroteTom Sawyer, Detective 1899 WroteThe Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg 1901 Got a Doctrine Of Literature From Yale  04/21/1910  Died Twain with one of his best friends Hellen Kelller |  |