Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an Anglo-American Enlightenment thinker whose radical ideas were taken up by revolutionaries in both the American Revolution (1765-1783) and the French Revolution (1789-1799). A Founding Father through his influence on the U.S. Declaration of Independence, Paine's most famous works include Common Sense (1776), Rights of Man (1791 and 1792), and Age of Reason (1794 and 1795).
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1737 - 1809Life of the Anglo-American Enlightenment thinker Thomas Paine.
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29 Jan 1737Thomas Paine is born in Thetford in the county of Norfolk, England.
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1774Thomas Paine leaves England for North America.
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1776Thomas Paine publishes his revolutionary pamphlet Common Sense.
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1791Thomas Paine publishes his Rights of Man part 1.
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1792Thomas Paine publishes his Rights of Man part 2.
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1792Thomas Paine moves to France.
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1793 - 1794Thomas Paine is imrpisoned in Frnace during the ongoing French Revolution.
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1794Thomas Paine publishes his Age of Reason part 1.
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1795Thomas Paine publishes his Age of Reason part 2.
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1796Thomas Paine publishes his Agrarian Justice.
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1802Thomas Paine reutrns to the United States.
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8 Jun 1809Thomas Paine dies in New York.
