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A collection of world events between 1492 and 1859, focusing on the 17th and 18th centuries. Please refer to the Guide
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GB Mv Rl 1724 Dec 24 Benjamin Franklin arrives in London
GB Mv Rl 1726 Jul 21 Benjamin Franklin sails back to Philadelphia
NA Mv Rl Oct 11 Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England
NA Sc Md 1730 Sep 01 Benjamin Franklin marries Deborah Read
NA Sc Ed 1731 Nov 08 In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin opens first U.S. library NA Me Pr 1732 Dec 19 Benjamin Franklin , under the name Richard Saunders, begins publication of "Poor Richard’s Almanack"
NA Me Pr 1741 Feb 16 Benjamin Franklin ’s General Magazine (second US magazine) begins publishingNA Se Iv 1742 Jun 11 Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stoveNA Se Mn 1751 May 11 Pennsylvania Hospital, the first hospital in the U.S., is founded by Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond
NA Se Iv 1752 May 10 Benjamin Franklin first tests the lightning rodNA Se Iv Jun 10 Benjamin Franklin flies a kite during a thunderstorm, enabling him to demonstrate the electrical nature of lightning
GB Se Mp 1753 Nov 30 Benjamin Franklin receives the Copley Medal of the Royal Society of London
NA Me Pr 1774 Apr 05 Benjamin Franklin publishes An Open Letter to Lord North
NA Me Pr 1775 Feb 07 Benjamin Franklin publishes An Imaginary Speech
NA ?? ?? Apr 14 The first American abolition society is founded in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush
NA Sc Gw Jul 26 Congress establishes U.S. Post Office with Benjamin Franklin as Postmaster General
NA Sc Gv 1776 Jun 11 Congress appoints “Committee of Five” (Thomas Jefferson , Benjamin Franklin , John Adams , Roger Sherman , and Robert R. Livingston ) to draft the Declaration of Independence
NA Cf Ar Sep 11 A peace conference is held on Staten Island with British Admiral, Lord Richard Howe , meeting American representatives including John Adams and Benjamin Franklin -- it fails when Robert Howe demands the colonists revoke the Declaration of Independence
NA Cf Ar 26 Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson , Benjamin Franklin and Silas Deane to negotiate treaty with France
NA Cf Ar Oct 26 Benjamin Franklin sets sail for France
GB Cf Ar Nov 14 Word reaches London that Benjamin Franklin is one of the leaders of the rebellion in North America
NA Me Pr 1783 Sep 11 Benjamin Franklin writes to Josiah Quincy I , "There was never a good war or a bad peace."
NA ?? ?? 1784 Jan 26 Benjamin Franklin expresses unhappiness over eagle as America’s symbol
NA Se Iv 1785 May 23 Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals to George Whatley
NA Me Pr 1789 Nov 13 Benjamin Franklin writes "Nothing . . . certain but death and taxes"NA Sc Bd 1790 Apr 17 Benjamin Franklin dies at age 84
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