the ledger of connections
The Connections of Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman (1706–1790) Every person recorded alongside Benjamin Franklin in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Benjamin Franklin in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Josiah Franklin, Abiah Folger
- Spouses
- Deborah Read Franklin
- Children
- William Franklin, Francis Folger Franklin, Sarah Franklin Bache
- Siblings
- Jane Franklin Mecom, James Franklin
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1706 to 1790.
Early Modern era
Charles III
January 20, 1716 – December 14, 1788
King of Spain from 1759 to 1788
Early Modern era
Abdul Momin of Brunei
May 21, 1788 – May 29, 1885
Sultan of Brunei (1788-1885)
Early Modern era
Jean Cavalier
November 28, 1681 – May 17, 1740
Camisard rebel leader, Governor of Jersey
Early Modern era
King Sobhuza I
1780 – 1836
King of Eswatini
Early Modern era
Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein
June 26, 1760 – April 20, 1836
Austrian marshal (1760-1836)
Early Modern era
William I of the Netherlands
August 24, 1772 – December 12, 1843
King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1815-1840 (1772-1843)
Early Modern era
Louis XIV
September 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715
King of France and Navarre from 1643 to 1715 (1638-1715)
Early Modern era
Louis XVI
August 23, 1754 – January 21, 1793
King of France and Navarre from 1774 to 1791, then King of the French from 1791 to 1792 (1754-1793)
Early Modern era
Marie Antoinette
November 2, 1755 – October 16, 1793
Last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution (1755–1793)
Early Modern era
Frederick the Great
January 24, 1712 – August 17, 1786
King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786 (1712-1786)
Early Modern era
Maria Theresa
May 13, 1717 – November 29, 1780
Ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780)
Early Modern era
Peter the Great
May 30, 1672 – January 28, 1725
Tsar/Emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725