Jack London was born on 12 January 1876 in San Francisco. An American writer, London grew up in poverty in the San Francisco Bay Area and worked as an oyster pirate, sailor and laborer before becoming a writer. His experiences in the Klondike Gold Rush supplied material for stories and novels such as The Call of the Wild, White Fang and To Build a Fire. He also wrote the socialist dystopian novel The Iron Heel, the autobiographical Martin Eden and the memoir The Road, and was among the first authors to earn a fortune from his pen. He was a committed socialist and reporter who covered the Russo-Japanese War.
Before and after
- 1876Founding of Johns Hopkins University
- 1876Publication of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- from 1876 to 1877Great Sioux War of 1876
- 5 January 1876Birth of Konrad Adenauer
- 12 January 1876Birth of Jack London
- 15 January 1876Birth of Ibn Saud
- 27 February 1876Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876
- 2 March 1876Birth of Pius XII
- May 1876Batak massacre
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The era
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