The world's oldest print newspaper is often attributed to the German-language Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien (roughly translated as "relation of all princes and memorable histories"), which was first printed in 1605. America's first independent newspaper, the New England Courant, was published by Benjamin Franklin's older brother in 1721. By the start of the Revolutionary War in 1775, there were 37 independent newspapers to keep the colonists informed. America's first daily newspaper was the Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser, which began publication on September 21, 1784.