| 1231-1808: |  | | | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end |
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| 1700-1721: | | | | Great Northern War from before birth until age 15 |
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| 1701-1713: | | | | War of Spanish Succession from before birth until age 7 |
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| 1702-1714: | | | | Reign of Queen Anne (Stuart) from before birth until age 8 |
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| 1707: | | | | Mount Fujiyama erupts at age 1 |
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| 1712: | | | | Last execution for witchcraft in England at age 6 |
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| 1712: | | | | Slave revolts in New York at age 6 |
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| 1714: | | | | Farenheit invents mercury thermometer at age 8 |
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| 1714-1727: | | | | Reign of King George I (Hanover) from age 8 to age 21 |
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| 1714: | | | | Witch trials abolished in Prussia at age 8 |
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| 1716: | | | | Christian teaching forbidden in China at age 10 |
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| 1718: | | | | Spain seizes Sicily (from Savoy) at age 12 |
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| 1718: | | | | New Orleans founded at age 12 |
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| 1718: | | | | Peter the Great has son and heir murdered at age 12 |
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| 1721: | | | | Rifles brought to America by the Swiss at age 15 |
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| 1722: | | | | Samoa and Easter island discovered by Dutch at age 16 |
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| 1727-1760: | | | | Reign of King George II (Hanover) from age 21 to age 54 |
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| 1727: | | | | Quakers demand abolition of slavery at age 21 |
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| 1729: | | | | Opium smoking prohibited in China at age 23 |
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| 1733-1735: | | | | War of Polish Succession from age 27 to age 29 |
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| 1736: | | | | English statutes against witchcraft repealed at age 30 |
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| 1740-1748: | | | | Austrian war of the succession from age 34 to age 42 |
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| 1741: | | | | Slave revolt in New York, 2nd uprising at age 35 |
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| 1742: | | | | Celsius invents Centigrade thermometer at age 36 |
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| 1743: | | | | 1st settlement in S. Dakota at age 37 |
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| 1745: | | | | Electrical Capacitor (Leyden Jar) at age 39 |
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| 1749: | | | | Sign Language for deaf-mutes at age 43 |
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| 1752: | | | | Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender at age 46 |
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| 1752: | | | | Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod at age 46 |
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| 1754-1763: | | | | French-Indian war from age 48 to age 57 |
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| 1755: | | | | Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead at age 49 |
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| 1756-1763: | | | | Seven years war from age 50 to age 57 |
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| 1758: | | | | Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance) at age 52 |
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| 1760-1820: | | | | Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 54 until after line end |
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| 1765: | | | | HMS Victory launched at age 59 |
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| 1769: | | | | San Francisco bay discovered at age 63 |
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| 1770: | | | | Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 64 |
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| 1772: | | | | Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 66 |
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| 1772-1775: | | | | Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 66 to age 69 |
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| 1773: | | | | Boston Tea Party at age 67 |
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| 1774: | | | | 1st Continental Congress meets at age 68 |
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| 1775-1783: | | | | American Revolutionary War against the British from age 69 to age 77 |
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| 1775-1782: | | | | British war in India from age 69 to age 76 |
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| 1776: | | | | Declaration of Independence at age 70 |
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| 1778: | | | | France joins war against Britan at age 72 |
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| 1778: | | | | Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 72 |
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| 1780: | | | | Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 74 |
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| 1781: | | | | Uranus discovered at age 75 |
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| 1783: | | | | 1st working hot air balloon at age 77 |
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| 1784: | | | | Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 78 |
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| 1786: | | | | The Dollar is adopted at age 80 |
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| 1786: | | | | First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 80 |
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| 1787: | | | | Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 81 |
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| 1787: | | | | Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 81 |
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| 1787: | | | | Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 81 |
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| 1787: | | | | New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 81 |
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