Thomas Paine was born on January 29 in Thetford, England
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Thomas Paine Timespan
Thomas enrolls at Thetford Grammar School.He leaves school at the age of 12, briefly apprentices to his father
Thomas Paine goes to sea, serving on-board a privateer, the King of Prussia
He marries Mary Lambert on 27 September, she dies within the year
He works as a excise (tax) officer in England
Paine marries Elizabeth Ollive on March
The case of the Officers of Excise was published
He meets Benjamin Franklin, emigrates to England; Legally separated with his wife Elizabeth
African Slavery in America was published; co-editor of the Pennsylvania Magazine; helps found one of the first abolitionst societies
Common Sense was published, Paine donates most of the proceeds to the revolutionary army, begins The Crisis
Appointed Secretary of the committee of Foreign Affairs in congress
Resigns as Secretary of the Committee of Foreign Affairs in Congress; is appointed him clerk of the state assembly
Thomas and John Laurens arrived in France to seek assistance for the war., They return to America in August, Thomas also organized the Bank of North America to raise money to feed and clothe the army.
The British Troops in New York dparted from Manhattan, Thomas Paine join the marching of Washington troops down Broadway to Celebrate
Thomas Publishes 'The Rights of Man'. It is a radical work.
Thomas becomes an honorary French citizen and is elected to the Nationak Covention
Thomas Paine 'Age of Reason' is published. This attack on organized religion brings him many enemies
Paine meets Napoleon who claims he sleeps with a copy of Rights of Man under his pillow. He told Thomas "a statue of gold should be erected to you in every city in the universe"
During the summer, Thomas moves to stay at the house of Cornelius Ryder. His health is deteriorating
Thomas Paine dies at age 72. He is buried in the grounds of his farm in New Rochelle, New York