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Saturday, September 26, 2020

Basic timeline of Benjamin Franklin

Photo source: Wikimedia Commons, Joseph Duplessis

This post is a basic timeline of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). There are 19 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• 1706: Born in Boston, Massachusetts
• 1723: Moves to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 1723: Becomes a typesetter at a printer's house in London, England
• 1728: Founds The Pennsylvania Gazette with Hugh Meredith
• 1731: Founds the Library Company of Philadelphia
• 1733-1758: Publishes Poor Richard's Almanack
• 1737: Appointed postmaster of Philadelphia
• 1746: Begins studying electricity
• 1751: Becomes the first president of Academy and College of Philadelphia
• 1751: Elected to the Pennsylvania Assembly
• 1753-1774: Served as deputy postmaster general for the British colonies
• 1761: Constructs a glass harmonica
• 1775-1776: Served as first United States postmaster general
• 1776: Becomes delegate of the Second Continental Congress
• 1776: Appointed to draft the Declaration of Independence
• 1776-1785: Served as United States minister to France
• 1785-1788: Served as Governor of Pennsylvania
• 1787: Becomes delegate to the Constitutional Convention
• 1790: Died at age 84 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania