Benjamin Franklin time-line

Fraklins Birthday

Jan 17, 1706

He was born Bosten Massachusetts.

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May 6, 1715

His final year of schooling.

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Aug 14, 1718

Benjamin Franklin was an anprenticed to his brother James as a printer.

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Apr 8, 1720

Moved away from home into a boarding house.

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Nov 13, 1720

Stopped attending church so he could use Sunday to study.

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Dec 14, 1721

Brother James Franklin starts publishing The New England Courant

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Mar 13, 1722

Benjamin Franklin becomes a vegetarian.

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Feb 15, 1723

First son and his name is Francis Folger.

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May 15, 1723

Franklin started printing America's first German-language newspaper, Philadelphische Zeitung, which soon failed.

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Jun 14, 1723

Takes over the publishing of the Courant after brother James is in jail.

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Aug 23, 1730

Takes lodging with John Read whose daughter Deborah will become Franklin's wife.

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May 18, 1733

Francis Folger Franklin is baptized at the Anglican Christ Church.

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Jul 15, 1735

Brother James Franklin dies; Benjamin sends his widow 500 copies of Poor Richard for free so she can make money by selling them

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Jun 15, 1736

Son Francis (Franky) Folger dies at age 4 of smallpox

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Apr 14, 1739

Franklin's house got robbed

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Apr 18, 1743

Daughter Sally born and baptized at Christ Church

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Dec 9, 1745

Death of Josiah Franklin, Benjamin's father

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Jan 18, 1753

Received honorary degrees from Harvard and Yale.

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Aug 19, 1754

Proposes plan of colonial union at Albany Congress

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Period: Apr 18, 1757 to Dec 18, 1762

In England as agent for Pennsylvania Assembly, Massachusetts, Georgia, New Jersey

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Aug 18, 1762

Mapped Postal routes in the colonies. Invents glass armonica

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Period: Aug 18, 1764 to Sep 9, 1765

Charts Gulf Stream.

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Dec 9, 1768

Named Colonial Agent for Georgia.

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Apr 24, 1770

Elected Colonial Agent for Massachusetts.

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Period: Feb 14, 1771 to Sep 28, 1772

Begins writing his Autobiography.

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Dec 24, 1774

Deborah Read, his wife of 44 years, dies in Philadelphia

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Apr 15, 1778

Signs French Alliance

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Apr 17, 1790

At Aril 19, Benjamin Franklin dies.