| 1231-1808: |  | | | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end |
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| 1478-1834: | |
| 1649-1660: | | | | Oliver Cromwell rules (Stuart) from before birth until age 4 |
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| 1657: | | | | Pendulum Clock invented by Galileo at age 1 |
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| 1657: | |
| 1660-1685: | | | | Reign of King Charles II (Stuart) from age 4 to age 29 |
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| 1660: | | | | British Navigation Acts restrict commerce at age 4 |
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| 1660: | | | | Light composition discovered by Isaac Newton at age 4 |
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| 1661: | |
| 1664-1665: | | | | Great Plague in London kills 68,596 from age 8 to age 9 |
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| 1664: | | | | English take New York from the Dutch, no shots fired at age 8 |
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| 1665: | | | | Differential Calculus (Isaac Newton) at age 9 |
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| 1666: | | | | Great fire of London - 9/2 to 9/9. 14,000+ buildings burned at age 10 |
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| 1666: | | | | 1st Armenian Bible printed at age 10 |
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| 1668: | | | | Isaac Newton makes first reflecting telescope at age 12 |
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| 1675-1676: | | | | King Phillip's War from age 19 to age 20 |
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| 1678: | | | | Polarization of light discovered (Huygens) at age 22 |
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| 1679: | | | | Habeas Corpus passed in England - trial before imprisonment at age 23 |
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| 1680: | | | | Dodo becomes extinct at age 24 |
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| 1681: | | | | Pennsylvania founded at age 25 |
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| 1682: | | | | Appearance of Halley's Comet at age 26 |
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| 1683: | | | | Newton explains tides via theory of gravitation at age 27 |
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| 1684: | | | | Street lighting introduced in London at age 28 |
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| 1687: | | | | Newton publishes his Laws of Motion at age 31 |
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| 1688: | | | | Plate glass cast for 1st time at age 32 |
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| 1689-1702: | | | | Reign of King William III and Queen Mary II (Stuart) from age 33 to age 46 |
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| 1692: | | | | The Puritans murder 20 alleged witches in Salem, MA at age 36 |
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| 1700-1721: | | | | Great Northern War from age 44 to age 65 |
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| 1701-1713: | | | | War of Spanish Succession from age 45 to age 57 |
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| 1701: | | | | Captain William Kidd hung for piracy at age 45 |
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| 1702-1714: | | | | Reign of Queen Anne (Stuart) from age 46 to age 58 |
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| 1707: | | | | Mount Fujiyama erupts at age 51 |
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| 1712: | | | | Last execution for witchcraft in England at age 56 |
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| 1712: | | | | Slave revolts in New York at age 56 |
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| 1714-1727: | | | | Reign of King George I (Hanover) from age 58 to age 71 |
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| 1714: | | | | Farenheit invents mercury thermometer at age 58 |
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| 1714: | | | | Witch trials abolished in Prussia at age 58 |
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| 1716: | | | | Christian teaching forbidden in China at age 60 |
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| 1718: | | | | Peter the Great has son and heir murdered at age 62 |
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| 1718: | | | | New Orleans founded at age 62 |
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| 1718: | | | | Spain seizes Sicily (from Savoy) at age 62 |
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| 1721: | | | | Rifles brought to America by the Swiss at age 65 |
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| 1722: | | | | Samoa and Easter island discovered by Dutch at age 66 |
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| 1727: | | | | Quakers demand abolition of slavery at age 71 |
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| 1727-1760: | | | | Reign of King George II (Hanover) from age 71 until after line end |
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| 1729: | | | | Opium smoking prohibited in China at age 73 |
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| 1733-1735: | | | | War of Polish Succession from age 77 to age 79 |
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| 1736: | | | | English statutes against witchcraft repealed at age 80 |
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| 1740-1748: | | | | Austrian war of the succession from age 84 to age 92 |
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| 1741: | | | | Slave revolt in New York, 2nd uprising at age 85 |
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| 1742: | | | | Celsius invents Centigrade thermometer at age 86 |
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| 1743: | | | | 1st settlement in S. Dakota at age 87 |
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| 1745: | | | | Electrical Capacitor (Leyden Jar) at age 89 |
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| 1749: | | | | Sign Language for deaf-mutes at age 93 |
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| 1752: | | | | Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod at age 96 |
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| 1752: | | | | Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender at age 96 |
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| 1754-1763: | | | | French-Indian war from age 98 until after line end |
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| 1755: | | | | Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead at age 99 |
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| 1756-1763: | | | | Seven years war from age 100 until after line end |
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