1231-1808: |  |  |  | Papal Inquisition from before birth until after line end |
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1478-1834: | |
1700-1721: |  |  |  | Great Northern War from before birth until age 9 |
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1701-1713: |  |  |  | War of Spanish Succession from before birth until age 1 |
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1702-1714: |  |  |  | Reign of Queen Anne (Stuart) from before birth until age 2 |
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1712: |  |  |  | Last execution for witchcraft in England at age 0 |
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1712: |  |  |  | Slave revolts in New York at age 0 |
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1714-1727: |  |  |  | Reign of King George I (Hanover) from age 2 to age 15 |
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1714: |  |  |  | Witch trials abolished in Prussia at age 2 |
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1714: |  |  |  | Farenheit invents mercury thermometer at age 2 |
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1716: |  |  |  | Christian teaching forbidden in China at age 4 |
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1718: |  |  |  | Spain seizes Sicily (from Savoy) at age 6 |
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1718: |  |  |  | Peter the Great has son and heir murdered at age 6 |
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1718: |  |  |  | New Orleans founded at age 6 |
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1721: |  |  |  | Rifles brought to America by the Swiss at age 9 |
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1722: |  |  |  | Samoa and Easter island discovered by Dutch at age 10 |
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1727-1760: |  |  |  | Reign of King George II (Hanover) from age 15 to age 48 |
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1727: |  |  |  | Quakers demand abolition of slavery at age 15 |
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1729: |  |  |  | Opium smoking prohibited in China at age 17 |
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1733-1735: |  |  |  | War of Polish Succession from age 21 to age 23 |
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1736: |  |  |  | English statutes against witchcraft repealed at age 24 |
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1740-1748: |  |  |  | Austrian war of the succession from age 28 to age 36 |
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1741: |  |  |  | Slave revolt in New York, 2nd uprising at age 29 |
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1742: |  |  |  | Celsius invents Centigrade thermometer at age 30 |
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1743: |  |  |  | 1st settlement in S. Dakota at age 31 |
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1745: |  |  |  | Electrical Capacitor (Leyden Jar) at age 33 |
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1749: |  |  |  | Sign Language for deaf-mutes at age 37 |
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1752: |  |  |  | Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod at age 40 |
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1752: |  |  |  | Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender at age 40 |
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1754-1763: |  |  |  | French-Indian war from age 42 until after line end |
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1755: |  |  |  | Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead at age 43 |
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1756-1763: |  |  |  | Seven years war from age 44 until after line end |
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1758: |  |  |  | Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance) at age 46 |
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1760-1820: |  |  |  | Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 48 until after line end |
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