* 1735: Paul Revere is born on January 1 in Boston, Massachusetts.
* 1754-1755: Revere serves as a lieutenant in the Massachusetts militia during the French and Indian War.
* 1760: Revere begins working as a silversmith in Boston.
* 1770: Revere is involved in the Boston Massacre, in which British soldiers kill five colonists.
* 1773: Revere is one of the leaders of the Boston Tea Party.
* 1775: Revere is chosen by the Massachusetts Committee of Safety to ride to Lexington and Concord to warn the colonists that the British are coming.
* 1776: Revere serves as a colonel in the Massachusetts militia during the Revolutionary War.
* 1780: Revere is elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
* 1792: Revere is appointed the first president of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association.
* 1818: Paul Revere dies on May 10 in Boston.