Timeline April 1790

Events in April 1790 2

• 1706 – 1790 Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Died 17 April 1790, aged 84 Benjamin Franklin, statesman, scientist, and diplomat, died in Philadelphia. A signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, he was one of the most influential figures of the American founding.
• 1790 United States Patent Act Signed First U.S. federal law establishing a patent system President George Washington signed the Patent Act of 1790, creating the first federal system for granting patents in the United States. The first patent under the act was issued to Samuel Hopkins for a potash-making process.