| 1231-1808: |  | | | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end |
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| 1478-1834: | |
| 1687: | | | | Newton publishes his Laws of Motion at age 1 |
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| 1688: | | | | Plate glass cast for 1st time at age 2 |
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| 1689-1702: | | | | Reign of King William III and Queen Mary II (Stuart) from age 3 to age 16 |
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| 1692: | | | | The Puritans murder 20 alleged witches in Salem, MA at age 6 |
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| 1700-1721: | | | | Great Northern War from age 14 to age 35 |
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| 1701-1713: | | | | War of Spanish Succession from age 15 to age 27 |
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| 1701: | | | | Captain William Kidd hung for piracy at age 15 |
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| 1702-1714: | | | | Reign of Queen Anne (Stuart) from age 16 to age 28 |
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| 1707: | | | | Mount Fujiyama erupts at age 21 |
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| 1712: | | | | Last execution for witchcraft in England at age 26 |
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| 1712: | | | | Slave revolts in New York at age 26 |
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| 1714: | | | | Farenheit invents mercury thermometer at age 28 |
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| 1714-1727: | | | | Reign of King George I (Hanover) from age 28 to age 41 |
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| 1714: | | | | Witch trials abolished in Prussia at age 28 |
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| 1716: | | | | Christian teaching forbidden in China at age 30 |
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| 1718: | | | | Spain seizes Sicily (from Savoy) at age 32 |
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| 1718: | | | | Peter the Great has son and heir murdered at age 32 |
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| 1718: | | | | New Orleans founded at age 32 |
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| 1721: | | | | Rifles brought to America by the Swiss at age 35 |
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| 1722: | | | | Samoa and Easter island discovered by Dutch at age 36 |
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| 1727: | | | | Quakers demand abolition of slavery at age 41 |
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| 1727-1760: | | | | Reign of King George II (Hanover) from age 41 to age 74 |
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| 1729: | | | | Opium smoking prohibited in China at age 43 |
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| 1733-1735: | | | | War of Polish Succession from age 47 to age 49 |
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| 1736: | | | | English statutes against witchcraft repealed at age 50 |
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| 1740-1748: | | | | Austrian war of the succession from age 54 to age 62 |
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| 1741: | | | | Slave revolt in New York, 2nd uprising at age 55 |
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| 1742: | | | | Celsius invents Centigrade thermometer at age 56 |
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| 1743: | | | | 1st settlement in S. Dakota at age 57 |
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| 1745: | | | | Electrical Capacitor (Leyden Jar) at age 59 |
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| 1749: | | | | Sign Language for deaf-mutes at age 63 |
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| 1752: | | | | Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender at age 66 |
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| 1752: | | | | Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod at age 66 |
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| 1754-1763: | | | | French-Indian war from age 68 to age 77 |
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| 1755: | | | | Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead at age 69 |
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| 1756-1763: | | | | Seven years war from age 70 to age 77 |
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| 1758: | | | | Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance) at age 72 |
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| 1760: | |
| 1760-1820: | | | | Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 74 until after line end |
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| 1765: | |
| 1765: | | | | HMS Victory launched at age 79 |
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| 1769: | | | | San Francisco bay discovered at age 83 |
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| 1770: | | | | Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 84 |
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| 1772-1775: | | | | Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 86 to age 89 |
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| 1772: | | | | Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 86 |
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| 1773: | | | | Boston Tea Party at age 87 |
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| 1774: | | | | 1st Continental Congress meets at age 88 |
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| 1775-1782: | | | | British war in India from age 89 to age 96 |
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| 1775-1783: | | | | American Revolutionary War against the British from age 89 to age 97 |
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| 1776: | | | | Declaration of Independence at age 90 |
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| 1778: | | | | France joins war against Britan at age 92 |
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| 1778: | | | | Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 92 |
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| 1780: | | | | Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 94 |
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| 1781: | | | | Uranus discovered at age 95 |
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| 1783: | | | | 1st working hot air balloon at age 97 |
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| 1784: | | | | Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 98 |
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| 1786: | | | | First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 100 |
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| 1786: | | | | The Dollar is adopted at age 100 |
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