What Happened in 1726

Benjamin Franklin Sets up Self-Improvement Plan

In his Autobiography, Franklin explains that he felt he needed to be a more moral person, so he set up a self-improvement plan based on thirteen... Read more

'Gulliver's Travels' is Published

Gulliver's Travels is a misanthropic anatomy of human nature; a sardonic looking-glass. It asks its readers to refute it, to deny that it has not... Read more