- Born
- January 17, 1706
- Died
- April 17, 1790 (aged 84)
- Known as
- politician, publisher, printer, political theorist, postmaster, inventor
Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath active as a physicist, philosopher, statesman and inventor who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the first postmaster general.
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Benjamin Franklin in our timeline
- Benjamin Franklin Born (January 17, 1706)
- Pennsylvania Gazette Milestone (January 31, 1747)
- Franklin's Kite Experiment (June 15, 1752)
- Continental Post Office Born (July 26, 1775)
- Jefferson Gets the Assignment (June 11, 1776)
- Preliminary Peace Ends Revolutionary War (November 30, 1782)
- Preliminary Peace Articles Signed (January 20, 1783)
- The Constitution Signed (September 17, 1787)
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