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Thomas Paine

American Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist (1737–1809)

7 dated entries naming Thomas Paine, drawn from 6 separate years between 1737 CE and 1809 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

  • 1737January 29 – Thomas Paine, British-born American patriot and pamphleteer (d. 1809)source
  • 1774November 30 – Thomas Paine, a native of England, arrives in America at the age 37 and soon becomes an influential advocate for the colonies' independence.source
  • 1776December 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."source
  • 1776January 10 – American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense, arguing for independence from British rule in the Thirteen Colonies.source
  • 1791March 13 – Thomas Paine's chief work Rights of Man (first part) is published in London.source
  • 1792September 14 – Radical antimonarchist Thomas Paine flees from England to France after being indicted for treason. He is tried in absentia during December and outlawed.source

19th century

  • 1809June 8 – Thomas Paine, American revolutionary writer (b. 1737)source

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