1231-1808: |  |  |  | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end |
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1454-1611: |  |  |  | The Renaissance from before birth until age 1 |
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1603-1625: |  |  |  | Reign of King James I (Stuart) from before birth until age 15 |
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1611: |  |  |  | King James Bible is published at age 1 |
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1612: |  |  |  | Tobacco planted in Virginia at age 2 |
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1612: |  |  |  | Last (recorded) burning of heretics in England at age 2 |
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1614: |  |  |  | Dutch trading post on manhatten island at age 4 |
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1615: |  |  |  | Galileo faces inquisition (1st time) at age 5 |
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1618-1648: |  |  |  | 30 years war from age 8 to age 38 |
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1619: |  |  |  | 1st negro slaves arrive in Virginia at age 9 |
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1620: |  |  |  | Mayflower lands at Plymouth at age 10 |
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1620: |  |  |  | Sir Francis Bacon suggests heat may be movement at age 10 |
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1620: |  |  |  | First Submarine (Cornelius van Drebel, Dutch) at age 10 |
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1620: |  |  |  | Scientific Method, via Sir Francis Bacon at age 10 |
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1625-1649: |  |  |  | Reign of King Charles I (Stuart) from age 15 to age 39 |
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1625: |  |  |  | English population in America hits 2000 at age 15 |
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1626: |  |  |  | Manhatten island purchased from indians by Dutch at age 16 |
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1629: |  |  |  | Colony of Massachusetts founded at age 19 |
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1630-1642: |  |  |  | English aggressively settle Massachusetts from age 20 to age 32 |
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1633: |  |  |  | Heads of households in New England reaches 950 at age 23 |
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1633: |  |  |  | Colony of Connecticut founded at age 23 |
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1634: |  |  |  | 1st settlement in Maryland at age 24 |
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1635: |  |  |  | Connecticut first settled at age 25 |
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1639: |  |  |  | 1st printing press in America (Massachusetts) at age 29 |
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1642-1649: |  |  |  | English Civil War from age 32 to age 39 |
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1642: |  |  |  | Pascal invents Calculator at age 32 |
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1643: |  |  |  | Barometer invented at age 33 |
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1645: |  |  |  | Rainbow, 1st American slave ship, sails for Africa at age 35 |
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1649-1660: |  |  |  | Oliver Cromwell rules (Stuart) from age 39 to age 50 |
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1650: |  |  |  | World pop. est. at 500 million at age 40 |
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1650: |  |  |  | Chattel slavery officially recognized at age 40 |
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1652: |  |  |  | Air Pump invented at age 42 |
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1652-1654: |  |  |  | Anglo-Dutch war from age 42 to age 44 |
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1654: |  |  |  | Theory of Probability - Pascal and Fermat at age 44 |
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1655: |  |  |  | Oliver Cromwell allows Jews back in England at age 45 |
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1657: |  |  |  | First Stockings at age 47 |
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1657: |  |  |  | Pendulum Clock invented by Galileo at age 47 |
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1660: |  |  |  | Light composition discovered by Isaac Newton at age 50 |
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1660-1685: |  |  |  | Reign of King Charles II (Stuart) from age 50 until after line end |
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1660: |  |  |  | British Navigation Acts restrict commerce at age 50 |
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1664-1665: |  |  |  | Great Plague in London kills 68,596 from age 54 to age 55 |
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1664: |  |  |  | English take New York from the Dutch, no shots fired at age 54 |
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1665: |  |  |  | Differential Calculus (Isaac Newton) at age 55 |
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