1231-1808: |  |  |  | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end |
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1454-1611: |  |  |  | The Renaissance from before birth until age 11 |
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1478-1834: | |
1558-1603: |  |  |  | Reign of Queen Elizabeth I (Tudor) from before birth until age 3 |
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1603: |  |  |  | Heavy outbreak of plague in England at age 3 |
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1603: |  |  |  | Galileo invents Thermometer at age 3 |
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1603-1625: |  |  |  | Reign of King James I (Stuart) from age 3 to age 25 |
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1605: |  |  |  | Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up parliament at age 5 |
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1606: |  |  |  | Australia discovered by William Jansz at age 6 |
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1606: |  |  |  | Virginia Company Chartered at age 6 |
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1607: |  |  |  | Jamestown Colony Established at age 7 |
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1608: | |
1609: |  |  |  | Kepler's laws of planetary motion at age 9 |
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1611: |  |  |  | King James Bible is published at age 11 |
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1612: |  |  |  | Last (recorded) burning of heretics in England at age 12 |
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1612: |  |  |  | Tobacco planted in Virginia at age 12 |
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1614: |  |  |  | Dutch trading post on manhatten island at age 14 |
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1615: |  |  |  | Galileo faces inquisition (1st time) at age 15 |
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1618-1648: |  |  |  | 30 years war from age 18 to age 48 |
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1619: |  |  |  | 1st negro slaves arrive in Virginia at age 19 |
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1620: |  |  |  | Scientific Method, via Sir Francis Bacon at age 20 |
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1620: |  |  |  | Sir Francis Bacon suggests heat may be movement at age 20 |
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1620: |  |  |  | Mayflower lands at Plymouth at age 20 |
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1620: |  |  |  | First Submarine (Cornelius van Drebel, Dutch) at age 20 |
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1625: |  |  |  | English population in America hits 2000 at age 25 |
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1625-1649: |  |  |  | Reign of King Charles I (Stuart) from age 25 to age 49 |
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1626: |  |  |  | Manhatten island purchased from indians by Dutch at age 26 |
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1629: |  |  |  | Colony of Massachusetts founded at age 29 |
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1630-1642: |  |  |  | English aggressively settle Massachusetts from age 30 to age 42 |
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1633: |  |  |  | Heads of households in New England reaches 950 at age 33 |
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1633: |  |  |  | Colony of Connecticut founded at age 33 |
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1634: |  |  |  | 1st settlement in Maryland at age 34 |
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1635: |  |  |  | Connecticut first settled at age 35 |
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1639: |  |  |  | 1st printing press in America (Massachusetts) at age 39 |
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1642: |  |  |  | Pascal invents Calculator at age 42 |
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1642-1649: |  |  |  | English Civil War from age 42 to age 49 |
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1643: |  |  |  | Barometer invented at age 43 |
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1645: |  |  |  | Rainbow, 1st American slave ship, sails for Africa at age 45 |
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1649-1660: |  |  |  | Oliver Cromwell rules (Stuart) from age 49 to age 60 |
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1650: |  |  |  | World pop. est. at 500 million at age 50 |
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1650: |  |  |  | Chattel slavery officially recognized at age 50 |
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1652-1654: |  |  |  | Anglo-Dutch war from age 52 to age 54 |
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1652: |  |  |  | Air Pump invented at age 52 |
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1654: |  |  |  | Theory of Probability - Pascal and Fermat at age 54 |
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1655: |  |  |  | Oliver Cromwell allows Jews back in England at age 55 |
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1657: |  |  |  | Pendulum Clock invented by Galileo at age 57 |
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1657: |  |  |  | First Stockings at age 57 |
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1660: |  |  |  | Light composition discovered by Isaac Newton at age 60 |
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1660: |  |  |  | British Navigation Acts restrict commerce at age 60 |
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1660-1685: |  |  |  | Reign of King Charles II (Stuart) from age 60 to age 85 |
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1661: | |
1664: |  |  |  | English take New York from the Dutch, no shots fired at age 64 |
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1664-1665: |  |  |  | Great Plague in London kills 68,596 from age 64 to age 65 |
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1665: |  |  |  | Differential Calculus (Isaac Newton) at age 65 |
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1666: |  |  |  | 1st Armenian Bible printed at age 66 |
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1666: |  |  |  | Great fire of London - 9/2 to 9/9. 14,000+ buildings burned at age 66 |
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1668: |  |  |  | Isaac Newton makes first reflecting telescope at age 68 |
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1675-1676: |  |  |  | King Phillip's War from age 75 to age 76 |
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1678: |  |  |  | Polarization of light discovered (Huygens) at age 78 |
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1679: |  |  |  | Habeas Corpus passed in England - trial before imprisonment at age 79 |
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1680: |  |  |  | Dodo becomes extinct at age 80 |
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1681: |  |  |  | Pennsylvania founded at age 81 |
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1682: |  |  |  | Appearance of Halley's Comet at age 82 |
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1683: |  |  |  | Newton explains tides via theory of gravitation at age 83 |
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1684: |  |  |  | Street lighting introduced in London at age 84 |
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1687: |  |  |  | Newton publishes his Laws of Motion at age 87 |
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1688: |  |  |  | Plate glass cast for 1st time at age 88 |
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1689-1702: |  |  |  | Reign of King William III and Queen Mary II (Stuart) from age 89 until after line end |
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1692: |  |  |  | The Puritans murder 20 alleged witches in Salem, MA at age 92 |
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