American novelist, humorist, and critic (born 1835)

Mark Twain

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature". Twain's novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel". He also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) and cowrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.

Born

1835

November 30

Died

1910

Era

1830s

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1910 Died

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883 Abu al Abbas celebrates a victory parade in Bagdhad following the surpression of the Zanj Rebellion, the largest slave revolt in the Arab world.
978 Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws.
1707 Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British Empire and their Creek allies to capture Pensacola, Spanish Florida.
1718 Great Northern War: King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway.

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The world in 1910

When Mark departed

april 12 SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
april 16 The oldest indoor ice hockey arena used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
april 28 Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in the United Kingdom.
april 29 The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on November 30

Beatrice Kerr 1887– Australian swimmer and diver (died 1971) Bobby Abel 1857–1936 English cricketer (born 1857) Chris Weitz 1969– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Christophe Beck 1972– Canadian television and film score composer and conductor Clyfford Still 1904–1980 American painter and academic (born 1904) David Berkoff 1966– American swimmer Firpo Marberry 1898–1976 American baseball player and umpire (born 1898) Gary Lineker 1960– English footballer and sportscaster Paul Nuttall 1976– British politician

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1835

Alfred Austin 1835– English author, poet, and playwright (died 1913) Elisha Gray 1835–1901 American businessman, co-founded Western Electric (died 1901) John La Farge 1835–1910 American artist (died 1910) Tom Wills 1835–1880 Australian cricketer and pioneer of Australian rules football (died 1880)

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