1231-1808: |  |  |  | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end |
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1454-1611: |  |  |  | The Renaissance from before birth until age 93 |
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1509-1547: |  |  |  | Reign of King Henry VIII (Tudor) from before birth until age 29 |
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1519: |  |  |  | Leonardo da Vinci dies at age 1 |
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1522: |  |  |  | Magellan circumnavigates the world at age 4 |
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1540: |  |  |  | Jesuit Order Founded at age 22 |
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1547-1553: |  |  |  | Reign of King Edward VI (Tudor) from age 29 to age 35 |
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1553-1558: |  |  |  | Reign of Queen Mary I (Tudor) from age 35 to age 40 |
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1557: |  |  |  | Portuguese settle Macao at age 39 |
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1558-1603: |  |  |  | Reign of Queen Elizabeth I (Tudor) from age 40 to age 85 |
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1562-1598: |  |  |  | Wars of religion in France from age 44 to age 80 |
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1569: |  |  |  | Union of Lublin - Treaty at age 51 |
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1580: |  |  |  | Flint-lock firing mechanism at age 62 |
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1587: |  |  |  | Sir Walter Raligh's lost colony at Roanoke at age 69 |
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1588: |  |  |  | Spanish Armada defeated by the English at age 70 |
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1589: |  |  |  | Harington invents the Flush Toilet at age 71 |
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1592-1593: |  |  |  | Hideyoshi invades Korea from age 74 to age 75 |
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1603-1625: |  |  |  | Reign of King James I (Stuart) from age 85 until after line end |
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1603: |  |  |  | Galileo invents Thermometer at age 85 |
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1603: |  |  |  | Heavy outbreak of plague in England at age 85 |
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1605: |  |  |  | Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up parliament at age 87 |
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1606: |  |  |  | Australia discovered by William Jansz at age 88 |
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1606: |  |  |  | Virginia Company Chartered at age 88 |
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1607: |  |  |  | Jamestown Colony Established at age 89 |
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1609: |  |  |  | Kepler's laws of planetary motion at age 91 |
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1611: |  |  |  | King James Bible is published at age 93 |
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1612: |  |  |  | Tobacco planted in Virginia at age 94 |
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1612: |  |  |  | Last (recorded) burning of heretics in England at age 94 |
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1614: |  |  |  | Dutch trading post on manhatten island at age 96 |
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1615: |  |  |  | Galileo faces inquisition (1st time) at age 97 |
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1618-1648: |  |  |  | 30 years war from age 100 until after line end |
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