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Paul Revere is born
Paul Revere is born on January 1, 1734 in Boston, Massachusetts. -
Paul goes to North Writing School
Paul Revere, at age six, attends North Writing School on Love Lane. There is no official date when he went to this school. -
Paul is apprenticed to his father as a silversmith
Paul, at age twelve, is apprenticed to his father as a silversmith. He did a fine job in making things out of silver. He made spoons, pitchers, and bowls, including other things. -
Paul forms a bell ringers society
Paul earns extra money as a bell ringer at Christ Church, now known as the Old North Church, along with a few friends. -
Paul's father dies
Paul's father dies on July 22, and Paul, at nineteen, becomes the family breadwinner. Paul's mother took over her late husband's buisness. -
Paul is commissioned a second lieutenant in the British Army
Paul, age twenty-one, is commissioned a second lieutenant in the British Army and joins an expedition to fight the French in upstate New York in the French and Indian War. -
Paul marries Sara Orne
On returning to Boston, Paul, now twenty-two, marries Sara Orne. They lived with Paul's mother in the Revere household near Clark's Wharf. -
Paul joins the St. Anderew's Masonic Lodge
Paul joins the St. Anderew's Masonic Lodge, where he begins a lifelong freindship with Joseph Warren. -
Paul joins the Long Room Club
Paul becomes a member of the Long Room Club, a discussion group that includes the city's leading thinkers, including Samuel Adams and John Hancock. -
Sara Orne Revere dies
Sara dies after giving birth to their eighth child. -
Paul marries Rachel Walker
Paul marries Rachel Walker after Paul's first wife dies. -
Paul Revere's Ride
At age fourty, Paul makes his famous midnight ride to alert the countryside of a planned British march to Lexington and Concord. -
Paul Revere passes away
Paul Revere dies at age eighty-three. He is buried in Boston's Granary Burying Ground.
