1231-1808: | | | | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end |
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1478-1834: | |
1689-1702: | | | | Reign of King William III and Queen Mary II (Stuart) from before birth until age 4 |
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1700-1721: | | | | Great Northern War from age 2 to age 23 |
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1701: | | | | Captain William Kidd hung for piracy at age 3 |
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1701-1713: | | | | War of Spanish Succession from age 3 to age 15 |
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1702-1714: | | | | Reign of Queen Anne (Stuart) from age 4 to age 16 |
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1707: | | | | Mount Fujiyama erupts at age 9 |
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1712: | | | | Slave revolts in New York at age 14 |
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1712: | | | | Last execution for witchcraft in England at age 14 |
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1714: | | | | Witch trials abolished in Prussia at age 16 |
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1714: | | | | Farenheit invents mercury thermometer at age 16 |
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1714-1727: | | | | Reign of King George I (Hanover) from age 16 to age 29 |
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1716: | | | | Christian teaching forbidden in China at age 18 |
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1718: | | | | Spain seizes Sicily (from Savoy) at age 20 |
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1718: | | | | New Orleans founded at age 20 |
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1718: | | | | Peter the Great has son and heir murdered at age 20 |
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1721: | | | | Rifles brought to America by the Swiss at age 23 |
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1722: | | | | Samoa and Easter island discovered by Dutch at age 24 |
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1727-1760: | | | | Reign of King George II (Hanover) from age 29 to age 62 |
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1727: | | | | Quakers demand abolition of slavery at age 29 |
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1729: | | | | Opium smoking prohibited in China at age 31 |
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1733-1735: | | | | War of Polish Succession from age 35 to age 37 |
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1736: | | | | English statutes against witchcraft repealed at age 38 |
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1740-1748: | | | | Austrian war of the succession from age 42 to age 50 |
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1741: | | | | Slave revolt in New York, 2nd uprising at age 43 |
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1742: | | | | Celsius invents Centigrade thermometer at age 44 |
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1743: | | | | 1st settlement in S. Dakota at age 45 |
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1745: | | | | Electrical Capacitor (Leyden Jar) at age 47 |
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1749: | | | | Sign Language for deaf-mutes at age 51 |
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1752: | | | | Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod at age 54 |
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1752: | | | | Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender at age 54 |
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1754-1763: | | | | French-Indian war from age 56 to age 65 |
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1755: | | | | Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead at age 57 |
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1756-1763: | | | | Seven years war from age 58 to age 65 |
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1758: | | | | Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance) at age 60 |
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1760-1820: | | | | Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 62 until after line end |
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1760: | |
1765: | |
1765: | | | | HMS Victory launched at age 67 |
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1769: | | | | San Francisco bay discovered at age 71 |
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1770: | | | | Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 72 |
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1772: | | | | Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 74 |
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1772-1775: | | | | Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 74 to age 77 |
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1773: | | | | Boston Tea Party at age 75 |
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1774: | | | | 1st Continental Congress meets at age 76 |
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1775-1782: | | | | British war in India from age 77 to age 84 |
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1775-1783: | | | | American Revolutionary War against the British from age 77 to age 85 |
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1776: | | | | Declaration of Independence at age 78 |
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1778: | | | | France joins war against Britan at age 80 |
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1778: | | | | Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 80 |
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1780: | | | | Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 82 |
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1781: | | | | Uranus discovered at age 83 |
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1783: | | | | 1st working hot air balloon at age 85 |
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1784: | | | | Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 86 |
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1786: | | | | First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 88 |
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1786: | | | | The Dollar is adopted at age 88 |
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1787: | | | | Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 89 |
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1787: | | | | New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 89 |
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1787: | | | | Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 89 |
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1787: | | | | Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 89 |
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1788: | | | | New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 90 |
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1788: | | | | New York enters the union - 11th at age 90 |
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1788: | | | | Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 90 |
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1788: | | | | Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 90 |
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1788: | | | | Constitution goes into effect at age 90 |
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1788: | | | | South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 90 |
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1788: | | | | Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 90 |
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1788: | | | | Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 90 |
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1788: | | | | Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 90 |
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1789: | | | | North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 91 |
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1789: | | | | US Army Established at age 91 |
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1789-1796: | | | | George Washington selected 1st President from age 91 to age 98 |
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1790: | | | | Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 92 |
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1790: | | | | 1st official US census at age 92 |
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1790: | | | | Coast Guard Established at age 92 |
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1791: | | | | Vermont enters the union -14th at age 93 |
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1791: | | | | Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 93 |
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1792: | | | | Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 94 |
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1792-1815: | | | | Napoleonic war from age 94 until after line end |
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1792: | | | | Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 94 |
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1793: | | | | Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 95 |
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1793: | | | | Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 95 |
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1794: | | | | US Navy Established at age 96 |
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1794: | | | | US Post Office Established at age 96 |
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1794: | | | | Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 96 |
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1796: | | | | Vaccination against Smallpox at age 98 |
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1796: | | | | France's presses get right of free speech at age 98 |
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1796-1800: | | | | John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 98 until after line end |
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1796: | | | | Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 98 |
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1798: | | | | US Marine Corps Established at age 100 |
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1798: | |
1798-1800: | | | | Undeclared war with France from age 100 until after line end |
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1798: | | | | Mississippi organized as a territory at age 100 |
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