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discovered electricity
1745 Death of Ben's father, Josiah Franklin 1748 Sells printing office, retiring from business 1752 In June, performs famous kite experiment; Death of Ben's mother, Abiah Folger Franklin
simple odometer and attached it to his carriage
bifo bifocals
cals
Invented the Lightning Rod
Franklin Stove
1728 Opens his own Printing Office in Philadelphia 1729 Becomes sole owner and publisher of the Pennsylvania Gazette 1730 Marries Deborah Read Rogers 1731 Birth of Ben's son William; Founds the first Circulating Library 1732 Birth of Ben's son Francis 1736 Death of Ben's young son Francis; Founds the Union Fire Company in Philadelphia 1743 Birth of Ben's daughter Sarah, also known as "Sally"
1790 -At age 84, Franklin dies in Philadelphia on April 17
1776-Signs the Declaration of Independence; Presides Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention; 1787-Elected president of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery; Serves as delegate to the Constitutional Convention
1706 Born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 17 1718 Begins an apprenticeship in his brother James' printing shop in Boston 1723 Age 17, leaves his family, running away to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
