{"slug": "thomas-paine", "label": "Thomas Paine", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Paine", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126462", "qid": "Q126462", "description": "American Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist (1737–1809)", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1737, 1809], "span_label": ["1737 CE", "1809 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "american-revolution", "label": "American Revolution", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "thirteen-colonies", "label": "Thirteen Colonies", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1737, "year_label": "1737 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "January 29", "text": "January 29 – Thomas Paine, British-born American patriot and pamphleteer (d. 1809)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367176390#Births", "title": "1737", "revid": 1367176390, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1774, "year_label": "1774 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 30", "text": "November 30 – Thomas Paine, a native of England, arrives in America at the age 37 and soon becomes an influential advocate for the colonies' independence.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560805#October–December", "title": "1774", "revid": 1369560805, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1776, "year_label": "1776 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 10", "text": "January 10 – American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense, arguing for independence from British rule in the Thirteen Colonies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365773863#January–February", "title": "1776", "revid": 1365773863, "section": "Events › January–February"}}, {"year": 1776, "year_label": "1776 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 19", "text": "December 19 – American Revolution – Thomas Paine, living with Washington's troops, publishes the first in the series of pamphlets on The American Crisis in The Pennsylvania Journal, opening with the stirring phrase, \"These are the times that try men's souls.\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365773863#November–December", "title": "1776", "revid": 1365773863, "section": "Events › November–December"}}, {"year": 1791, "year_label": "1791 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 13", "text": "March 13 – Thomas Paine's chief work Rights of Man (first part) is published in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365416177#January–March", "title": "1791", "revid": 1365416177, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1792, "year_label": "1792 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 14", "text": "September 14 – Radical antimonarchist Thomas Paine flees from England to France after being indicted for treason. He is tried in absentia during December and outlawed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359853540#July–September", "title": "1792", "revid": 1359853540, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1809, "year_label": "1809 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 8", "text": "June 8 – Thomas Paine, American revolutionary writer (b. 1737)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349276571#January–June", "title": "1809", "revid": 1349276571, "section": "Deaths › January–June"}}]}