Inventor benjamin franklin biography timeline

1706Benjamin Franklin is born on January 17 in Boston, Massachusetts, to Josiah and Abiah Franklin.  1718Franklin is apprenticed to his brother James, a printer and publisher.  1723Franklin runs away to Philadelphia and works as a printer.  1729Franklin buys the Pennsylvania Gazette, a newspaper that he turns into a successful publication.  1730Franklin marries Deborah Read, with whom he has three children.  1731Franklin founds the Library Company of Philadelphia, the first public lending library in America.  1733Franklin begins publishing Poor Richard’s Almanack, an annual publication featuring weather forecasts, proverbs, and other useful information.  1741Franklin invents the Franklin stove, a more efficient heating device for homes.  1747Franklin begins his experiments with electricity.