1231-1808: |  |  |  | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end |
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1454-1611: |  |  |  | The Renaissance from before birth until age 21 |
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1478-1834: | |
1558-1603: |  |  |  | Reign of Queen Elizabeth I (Tudor) from before birth until age 13 |
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1562-1598: |  |  |  | Wars of religion in France from before birth until age 8 |
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1592-1593: |  |  |  | Hideyoshi invades Korea from age 2 to age 3 |
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1603: |  |  |  | Heavy outbreak of plague in England at age 13 |
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1603-1625: |  |  |  | Reign of King James I (Stuart) from age 13 to age 35 |
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1603: |  |  |  | Galileo invents Thermometer at age 13 |
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1605: |  |  |  | Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up parliament at age 15 |
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1605: | |
1606: |  |  |  | Virginia Company Chartered at age 16 |
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1606: |  |  |  | Australia discovered by William Jansz at age 16 |
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1607: |  |  |  | Jamestown Colony Established at age 17 |
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1608: | |
1609: |  |  |  | Kepler's laws of planetary motion at age 19 |
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1611: |  |  |  | King James Bible is published at age 21 |
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1612: |  |  |  | Tobacco planted in Virginia at age 22 |
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1612: |  |  |  | Last (recorded) burning of heretics in England at age 22 |
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1614: |  |  |  | Dutch trading post on manhatten island at age 24 |
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1615: |  |  |  | Galileo faces inquisition (1st time) at age 25 |
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1618-1648: |  |  |  | 30 years war from age 28 to age 58 |
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1619: |  |  |  | 1st negro slaves arrive in Virginia at age 29 |
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1620: |  |  |  | First Submarine (Cornelius van Drebel, Dutch) at age 30 |
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1620: |  |  |  | Mayflower lands at Plymouth at age 30 |
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1620: |  |  |  | Scientific Method, via Sir Francis Bacon at age 30 |
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1620: |  |  |  | Sir Francis Bacon suggests heat may be movement at age 30 |
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1625-1649: |  |  |  | Reign of King Charles I (Stuart) from age 35 to age 59 |
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1625: |  |  |  | English population in America hits 2000 at age 35 |
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1626: |  |  |  | Manhatten island purchased from indians by Dutch at age 36 |
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1629: |  |  |  | Colony of Massachusetts founded at age 39 |
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1630-1642: |  |  |  | English aggressively settle Massachusetts from age 40 to age 52 |
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1633: |  |  |  | Heads of households in New England reaches 950 at age 43 |
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1633: |  |  |  | Colony of Connecticut founded at age 43 |
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1634: |  |  |  | 1st settlement in Maryland at age 44 |
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1635: |  |  |  | Connecticut first settled at age 45 |
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1639: |  |  |  | 1st printing press in America (Massachusetts) at age 49 |
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1642: |  |  |  | Pascal invents Calculator at age 52 |
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1642-1649: |  |  |  | English Civil War from age 52 to age 59 |
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1643: |  |  |  | Barometer invented at age 53 |
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1645: |  |  |  | Rainbow, 1st American slave ship, sails for Africa at age 55 |
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1649-1660: |  |  |  | Oliver Cromwell rules (Stuart) from age 59 to age 70 |
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1650: |  |  |  | World pop. est. at 500 million at age 60 |
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1650: |  |  |  | Chattel slavery officially recognized at age 60 |
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1652: |  |  |  | Air Pump invented at age 62 |
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1652-1654: |  |  |  | Anglo-Dutch war from age 62 to age 64 |
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1654: |  |  |  | Theory of Probability - Pascal and Fermat at age 64 |
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1655: |  |  |  | Oliver Cromwell allows Jews back in England at age 65 |
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1657: |  |  |  | First Stockings at age 67 |
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1657: |  |  |  | Pendulum Clock invented by Galileo at age 67 |
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1660: |  |  |  | British Navigation Acts restrict commerce at age 70 |
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1660-1685: |  |  |  | Reign of King Charles II (Stuart) from age 70 to age 95 |
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1660: |  |  |  | Light composition discovered by Isaac Newton at age 70 |
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1661: | |
1664: |  |  |  | English take New York from the Dutch, no shots fired at age 74 |
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1664-1665: |  |  |  | Great Plague in London kills 68,596 from age 74 to age 75 |
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1665: |  |  |  | Differential Calculus (Isaac Newton) at age 75 |
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1666: |  |  |  | 1st Armenian Bible printed at age 76 |
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1666: |  |  |  | Great fire of London - 9/2 to 9/9. 14,000+ buildings burned at age 76 |
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1668: |  |  |  | Isaac Newton makes first reflecting telescope at age 78 |
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1675-1676: |  |  |  | King Phillip's War from age 85 to age 86 |
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1678: |  |  |  | Polarization of light discovered (Huygens) at age 88 |
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1679: |  |  |  | Habeas Corpus passed in England - trial before imprisonment at age 89 |
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1680: |  |  |  | Dodo becomes extinct at age 90 |
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1681: |  |  |  | Pennsylvania founded at age 91 |
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1682: |  |  |  | Appearance of Halley's Comet at age 92 |
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1683: |  |  |  | Newton explains tides via theory of gravitation at age 93 |
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1684: |  |  |  | Street lighting introduced in London at age 94 |
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1687: |  |  |  | Newton publishes his Laws of Motion at age 97 |
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1688: |  |  |  | Plate glass cast for 1st time at age 98 |
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1689-1702: |  |  |  | Reign of King William III and Queen Mary II (Stuart) from age 99 until after line end |
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