Mark Twain for Kids: His Life & Times, 21 Activities
Time Line 1835 Samuel Langhorne Clemens later known as Mark Twain is born in Florida Missouri on November 30 1836 Texas proclaims its independence from Mexico 1837 Victoria becomes queen of Great Britain 1839 Clemens family moves to Hannibal Mis Sour1 1846 48 United States Mexican War 1849 California gold rush begins 1853 Sam works as a printer in eastern cities 1857 1861 Sam pilots steamboats on the Missis sippi River 1859 Gold is discovered in western Nevada
1860 Abraham Lincoln is elected president 1861 1865 Civil War 1861 Sam goes to Nevada with his brother Orion 1862 Sam becomes a reporter in Virginia City 1863 Sam begins using Mark Twain as his pen name 1864 Sam moves to San Francisco 1866 Sam goes to Hawaii 1867 Sam sails to Europe and the Holy Land on the Quaker City The United States buys Alaska from Russia
1868 Ulysses S Grant is elected president 1869 Sam publishes The Innocents Abroad he becomes part owner of the Buffalo Express First transcontinental railroad is completed 1870 Sam marries Olivia Langdon on February 2 1871 Sam and Olivia move to Hartford Connecti cut 1872 Sam s first daughter is born he publishes Roughing It DEATTLE HELLER 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is published 1878 1879 Sam and his family visit Europe 1880 A Tramp Abroad is published 1881 The Prince and the Pauper is published
1882 Sam revisits the Mississippi River 1883 Life on the Mississippi is published 1884 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published 1889 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is published 1891 1900 Sam lives abroad with his family 1894 Pudd nhead Wilson and Tom Sawyer Abroad are published 1895 1896 Sam undertakes an around the world lecture tour 1896 Sam s daughter Susy dies Tom Sawyer Detec tive and Personal Reflections of Joan of Arc are pub lished 1897 Following the Equator is published 1898 Spanish American War United States annexes Hawaii
