| 1231-1808: |  | | | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end |
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| 1454-1611: | | | | The Renaissance from before birth until age 31 |
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| 1558-1603: | | | | Reign of Queen Elizabeth I (Tudor) from before birth until age 23 |
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| 1562-1598: | | | | Wars of religion in France from before birth until age 18 |
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| 1580: | | | | Flint-lock firing mechanism at age 0 |
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| 1587: | | | | Sir Walter Raligh's lost colony at Roanoke at age 7 |
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| 1588: | | | | Spanish Armada defeated by the English at age 8 |
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| 1589: | | | | Harington invents the Flush Toilet at age 9 |
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| 1592-1593: | | | | Hideyoshi invades Korea from age 12 to age 13 |
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| 1603: | | | | Galileo invents Thermometer at age 23 |
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| 1603-1625: | | | | Reign of King James I (Stuart) from age 23 to age 45 |
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| 1603: | | | | Heavy outbreak of plague in England at age 23 |
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| 1605: | | | | Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up parliament at age 25 |
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| 1606: | | | | Australia discovered by William Jansz at age 26 |
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| 1606: | | | | Virginia Company Chartered at age 26 |
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| 1607: | | | | Jamestown Colony Established at age 27 |
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| 1609: | | | | Kepler's laws of planetary motion at age 29 |
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| 1611: | | | | King James Bible is published at age 31 |
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| 1612: | | | | Last (recorded) burning of heretics in England at age 32 |
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| 1612: | | | | Tobacco planted in Virginia at age 32 |
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| 1614: | | | | Dutch trading post on manhatten island at age 34 |
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| 1615: | | | | Galileo faces inquisition (1st time) at age 35 |
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| 1618-1648: | | | | 30 years war from age 38 to age 68 |
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| 1619: | | | | 1st negro slaves arrive in Virginia at age 39 |
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| 1620: | | | | Sir Francis Bacon suggests heat may be movement at age 40 |
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| 1620: | | | | Scientific Method, via Sir Francis Bacon at age 40 |
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| 1620: | | | | First Submarine (Cornelius van Drebel, Dutch) at age 40 |
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| 1620: | | | | Mayflower lands at Plymouth at age 40 |
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| 1625: | | | | English population in America hits 2000 at age 45 |
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| 1625-1649: | | | | Reign of King Charles I (Stuart) from age 45 to age 69 |
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| 1626: | | | | Manhatten island purchased from indians by Dutch at age 46 |
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| 1629: | | | | Colony of Massachusetts founded at age 49 |
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| 1630-1642: | | | | English aggressively settle Massachusetts from age 50 to age 62 |
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| 1633: | | | | Colony of Connecticut founded at age 53 |
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| 1633: | | | | Heads of households in New England reaches 950 at age 53 |
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| 1634: | | | | 1st settlement in Maryland at age 54 |
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| 1635: | | | | Connecticut first settled at age 55 |
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| 1639: | | | | 1st printing press in America (Massachusetts) at age 59 |
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| 1642-1649: | | | | English Civil War from age 62 to age 69 |
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| 1642: | | | | Pascal invents Calculator at age 62 |
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| 1643: | | | | Barometer invented at age 63 |
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| 1645: | | | | Rainbow, 1st American slave ship, sails for Africa at age 65 |
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| 1649-1660: | | | | Oliver Cromwell rules (Stuart) from age 69 to age 80 |
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| 1650: | | | | World pop. est. at 500 million at age 70 |
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| 1650: | | | | Chattel slavery officially recognized at age 70 |
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| 1652-1654: | | | | Anglo-Dutch war from age 72 to age 74 |
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| 1652: | | | | Air Pump invented at age 72 |
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| 1654: | | | | Theory of Probability - Pascal and Fermat at age 74 |
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| 1655: | | | | Oliver Cromwell allows Jews back in England at age 75 |
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| 1657: | | | | First Stockings at age 77 |
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| 1657: | | | | Pendulum Clock invented by Galileo at age 77 |
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| 1660-1685: | | | | Reign of King Charles II (Stuart) from age 80 until after line end |
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| 1660: | | | | Light composition discovered by Isaac Newton at age 80 |
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| 1660: | | | | British Navigation Acts restrict commerce at age 80 |
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| 1661: | |
| 1664: | | | | English take New York from the Dutch, no shots fired at age 84 |
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| 1664-1665: | | | | Great Plague in London kills 68,596 from age 84 to age 85 |
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| 1665: | | | | Differential Calculus (Isaac Newton) at age 85 |
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| 1666: | | | | Great fire of London - 9/2 to 9/9. 14,000+ buildings burned at age 86 |
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| 1666: | | | | 1st Armenian Bible printed at age 86 |
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| 1668: | | | | Isaac Newton makes first reflecting telescope at age 88 |
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| 1675-1676: | | | | King Phillip's War from age 95 to age 96 |
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| 1678: | | | | Polarization of light discovered (Huygens) at age 98 |
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| 1679: | | | | Habeas Corpus passed in England - trial before imprisonment at age 99 |
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| 1680: | | | | Dodo becomes extinct at age 100 |
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