As per our current Database, Benjamin Franklin has been died on Apr 17, 1790 (age 84).
When Benjamin Franklin die, Benjamin Franklin was 84 years old.
| Popular As | Benjamin Franklin |
| Occupation | Inventor |
| Age | 84 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Capricorn |
| Born | January 17, 1706 (Boston, MA) |
| Birthday | January 17 |
| Town/City | Boston, MA |
| Nationality | MA |
Benjamin Franklin’s zodiac sign is Capricorn. According to astrologers, Capricorn is a sign that represents time and responsibility, and its representatives are traditional and often very serious by nature. These individuals possess an inner state of independence that enables significant progress both in their personal and professional lives. They are masters of self-control and have the ability to lead the way, make solid and realistic plans, and manage many people who work for them at any time. They will learn from their mistakes and get to the top based solely on their experience and expertise.
Benjamin Franklin was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
Founding Father of the United States who became known for his political works, his writings, and for his contribution to the understanding of electricity, highlighted by his (possibly apocryphal) flying of a kite in a lightning storm. He also invented bifocal glasses, the catheter, the lightning rod, and a musical instrument called a glass harmonica.
He wrote under the pseudonym Mrs. Silence Dogood, and published provocative letters; in 1731, he joined a Masonic Lodge.
He was the first United States Ambassador to France, where he advocated religious tolerance and paved the way for Louis XVI's signing of the Edict of Versailles, which gave Catholics civil status in France.
He established a common-law marriage to Deborah Reed in 1730 after her mother rejected him as a suitor; he had an illegitimate son named william Temple Franklin in 1762.
He attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787 alongside other powerful political figures of the time, including George Washington.
