Category: Great Democrat Birthdays

Today is Poland’s national day, and the anniversary of the 3rd May constitution. It was signed by 436 members of the Great Seym, whose names, from Kajetan Aksak (MP, Wolyn) to Jan Zyberk (Senator, Brzesc Litewski) can be found here.

Inspired by Virtual Stoa’s Dead Socialist Watch, I’ve decided to start a regular feature commemorating the birthdays of the great figures of democracy.

And first up is Benjamin Franklin who was born 300 years ago today. Read about him at Wikipedia. Among other achievements, he founded the first independent colonial newspaper, the New England Courant, and was involved in the writing of the Declaration of Independence.