claim: Benjamin Franklin was born in 1790.
evidence: James Tuite -LRB- 14 November 1849 -- 6 October 1916 -RRB- was an Irish watchmaker and politician .. James Tuite was a watchmaker , a business inherited from his father .. He was educated at St Mary 's College , Mullingar , and was chairman of Mullingar Town Commissioners , 1881 -- 1887 .. He was elected Member of Parliament for North Westmeath in the general election of 1885 , and remained as MP for the constituency until the election of 1900 .. North Westmeath. North Westmeath ( UK Parliament constituency ). At one stage he was imprisoned for three months as a Land League suspect .. Land League. Land League