1231-1808: |  |  |  | Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 44 |
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1478-1834: | |
1760-1820: |  |  |  | Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 56 |
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1765: | |
1765: |  |  |  | HMS Victory launched at age 1 |
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1769: |  |  |  | San Francisco bay discovered at age 5 |
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1770: |  |  |  | Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 6 |
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1772: |  |  |  | Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 8 |
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1772-1775: |  |  |  | Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 8 to age 11 |
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1773: |  |  |  | Boston Tea Party at age 9 |
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1774: |  |  |  | 1st Continental Congress meets at age 10 |
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1775-1783: |  |  |  | American Revolutionary War against the British from age 11 to age 19 |
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1775-1782: |  |  |  | British war in India from age 11 to age 18 |
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1776: |  |  |  | Declaration of Independence at age 12 |
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1778: |  |  |  | Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 14 |
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1778: |  |  |  | France joins war against Britan at age 14 |
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1780: |  |  |  | Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 16 |
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1781: |  |  |  | Uranus discovered at age 17 |
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1783: |  |  |  | 1st working hot air balloon at age 19 |
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1784: |  |  |  | Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 20 |
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1786: |  |  |  | First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 22 |
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1786: |  |  |  | The Dollar is adopted at age 22 |
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1787: |  |  |  | Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 23 |
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1787: |  |  |  | Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 23 |
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1787: |  |  |  | New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 23 |
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1787: |  |  |  | Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 23 |
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1788: |  |  |  | New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 24 |
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1788: |  |  |  | Constitution goes into effect at age 24 |
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1788: |  |  |  | Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 24 |
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1788: |  |  |  | Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 24 |
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1788: |  |  |  | Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 24 |
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1788: |  |  |  | South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 24 |
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1788: |  |  |  | Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 24 |
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1788: |  |  |  | New York enters the union - 11th at age 24 |
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1788: |  |  |  | Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 24 |
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1789-1796: |  |  |  | George Washington selected 1st President from age 25 to age 32 |
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1789: |  |  |  | North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 25 |
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1789: |  |  |  | US Army Established at age 25 |
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1790: |  |  |  | 1st official US census at age 26 |
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1790: |  |  |  | Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 26 |
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1790: |  |  |  | Coast Guard Established at age 26 |
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1791: |  |  |  | Vermont enters the union -14th at age 27 |
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1791: |  |  |  | Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 27 |
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1792-1815: |  |  |  | Napoleonic war from age 28 to age 51 |
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1792: |  |  |  | Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 28 |
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1792: |  |  |  | Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 28 |
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1793: |  |  |  | Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 29 |
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1793: |  |  |  | Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 29 |
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1794: |  |  |  | Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 30 |
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1794: |  |  |  | US Navy Established at age 30 |
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1794: |  |  |  | US Post Office Established at age 30 |
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1796-1800: |  |  |  | John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 32 to age 36 |
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1796: |  |  |  | Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 32 |
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1796: |  |  |  | France's presses get right of free speech at age 32 |
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1796: |  |  |  | Vaccination against Smallpox at age 32 |
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1798: |  |  |  | Mississippi organized as a territory at age 34 |
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1798: |  |  |  | US Marine Corps Established at age 34 |
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1798-1800: |  |  |  | Undeclared war with France from age 34 to age 36 |
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1798: | |
1799: |  |  |  | Rosetta Stone found at age 35 |
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1800: |  |  |  | US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 36 |
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1800: |  |  |  | Russia annexes Georgia at age 36 |
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1800: |  |  |  | 1st Battery (Volta) at age 36 |
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1800-1809: |  |  |  | Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 36 to age 45 |
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1802: |  |  |  | Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 38 |
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1803: |  |  |  | Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 39 |
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1803: |  |  |  | Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 39 |
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1803: |  |  |  | Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 39 |
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1804-1806: |  |  |  | Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 40 to age 42 |
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1804: |  |  |  | Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 40 |
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1805: |  |  |  | Morphine isolated at age 41 |
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1805: |  |  |  | Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 41 |
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1807: |  |  |  | Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 43 |
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1808: |  |  |  | Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 44 |
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1808: |  |  |  | Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 44 |
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1809-1816: |  |  |  | James Madison elected president of US from age 45 to age 52 |
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1809: |  |  |  | Charles Darwin born at age 45 |
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1810: |  |  |  | US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 46 |
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1810: |  |  |  | Homeopathy founded at age 46 |
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1812-1814: |  |  |  | War of 1812 from age 48 to age 50 |
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1812: |  |  |  | Missouri organized as a territory at age 48 |
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1812: |  |  |  | Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 48 |
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1815: |  |  |  | Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 51 |
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1815: |  |  |  | French outlaw slavery in France at age 51 |
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1815: |  |  |  | Battle of Waterloo at age 51 |
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1816: |  |  |  | Photographic Negative at age 52 |
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1816: |  |  |  | Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 52 |
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1816: | |
1817-1823: |  |  |  | 1st Cholera pandemic from age 53 to age 59 |
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1817-1825: |  |  |  | Erie canal constructed from age 53 to age 61 |
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1817: |  |  |  | Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 53 |
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1817: |  |  |  | Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 53 |
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1817-1824: |  |  |  | James Monroe president of US from age 53 to age 60 |
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1817: |  |  |  | Alabama organized as a territory at age 53 |
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1818: |  |  |  | Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 54 |
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1818: |  |  |  | Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 54 |
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1819: |  |  |  | Arkansas organized as a territory at age 55 |
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1819: |  |  |  | Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 55 |
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1819: |  |  |  | Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 55 |
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1820-1830: |  |  |  | Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 56 to age 66 |
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1820: |  |  |  | Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 56 |
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1821: |  |  |  | Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 57 |
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1821: |  |  |  | US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 57 |
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1821-1829: |  |  |  | Greek war of Independence from age 57 to age 65 |
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1821: |  |  |  | 1st US women's college at age 57 |
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1822: |  |  |  | Florida organized as a territory at age 58 |
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1824-1828: |  |  |  | John Quincy Adams president of US from age 60 to age 64 |
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1824: |  |  |  | Erie canal finished at age 60 |
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1824: |  |  |  | Internal Combustion Engine at age 60 |
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1826: |  |  |  | 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 62 |
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1827: |  |  |  | Ship's propeller (screw) at age 63 |
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1827: |  |  |  | Ohms Law formulated at age 63 |
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1827: |  |  |  | 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 63 |
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1828: |  |  |  | 1st railroad in the US at age 64 |
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1828-1836: |  |  |  | Andrew Jackson president of US from age 64 to age 72 |
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1828: |  |  |  | 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 64 |
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1829: |  |  |  | 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 65 |
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1829-1851: |  |  |  | 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 65 until after line end |
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1830-1860: |  |  |  | Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 66 until after line end |
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1830-1837: |  |  |  | Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 66 to age 73 |
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1830: |  |  |  | Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 66 |
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1832: |  |  |  | Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 68 |
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1833: | |
1833: |  |  |  | Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 69 |
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1834: |  |  |  | Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 70 |
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1835-1842: |  |  |  | 2nd Seminole War from age 71 to age 78 |
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1835: |  |  |  | Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 71 |
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1835: | |
1836: |  |  |  | Battle of the Alamo at age 72 |
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1836: |  |  |  | Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 72 |
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1836: |  |  |  | Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 72 |
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1837: |  |  |  | Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 73 |
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1837: |  |  |  | Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 73 |
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1837-1901: |  |  |  | Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 73 until after line end |
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1837-1840: |  |  |  | Martin Van Buren president of US from age 73 to age 76 |
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1838-1839: |  |  |  | Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 74 to age 75 |
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1839-1842: |  |  |  | Opium war between China and the English from age 75 to age 78 |
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1841-1844: |  |  |  | John Tyler president of US from age 77 to age 80 |
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1842: |  |  |  | Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 78 |
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1844: |  |  |  | 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 80 |
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1845: |  |  |  | Florida enters the union - 27th at age 81 |
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1845: |  |  |  | Texas enters the union - 28th at age 81 |
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1845-1849: |  |  |  | Irish Potato Famine from age 81 until after line end |
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1845-1848: |  |  |  | James K Polk president of US from age 81 until after line end |
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1846-1848: |  |  |  | The Mexican-US War from age 82 until after line end |
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1846: |  |  |  | Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 82 |
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