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Age of Reason

Great Britain · Humanities / Social Science. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1795–1796Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1795

Edmund Burke1795

Humanities / Social Science

Rejects the biblical account of creation & the virgin birth. Publication of "Age of Reason"

1796

Thomas Paine1796

Humanities / Social Science

Publication of "Age of Reason"

Names involved

Edmund BurkeThomas Paine

Provenance

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