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Birth of Ben Franklin
Born to Josiah Franklin and Abiah Folger. Josiah was a candle stick and soap maker. Ben was the 8th of their 10 children together. -
Writes his first pamphlet
Name of the pamphlet was "A Dissertation upon Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure, and Pain -
Kite Experiment
Gets Copley Medal of the royal Society of London for the study of electricity. This experiment also lead to the inventions and other studies of electricity. -
Decleration of Independence
Was part of the five-member that wrote the Declaration of Independence. He later signed it -
Invented bifocals
He invented them for distance and for reading. -
Death of Benjamin Franklin
Died of empyema which is fluid in the lungs. He died at the age of 84
