1231-1808: |  |  |  | Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 18 |
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1760-1820: |  |  |  | Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until after line end |
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1789-1796: |  |  |  | George Washington selected 1st President from before birth until age 6 |
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1790: |  |  |  | Coast Guard Established at age 0 |
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1790: |  |  |  | Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 0 |
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1790: |  |  |  | 1st official US census at age 0 |
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1791: |  |  |  | Vermont enters the union -14th at age 1 |
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1791: |  |  |  | Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 1 |
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1792-1815: |  |  |  | Napoleonic war from age 2 until after line end |
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1792: |  |  |  | Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 2 |
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1792: |  |  |  | Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 2 |
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1793: |  |  |  | Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 3 |
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1793: |  |  |  | Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 3 |
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1794: |  |  |  | Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 4 |
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1794: |  |  |  | US Navy Established at age 4 |
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1794: |  |  |  | US Post Office Established at age 4 |
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1796: |  |  |  | Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 6 |
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1796: |  |  |  | Vaccination against Smallpox at age 6 |
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1796: |  |  |  | France's presses get right of free speech at age 6 |
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1796-1800: |  |  |  | John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 6 to age 10 |
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1798-1800: |  |  |  | Undeclared war with France from age 8 to age 10 |
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1798: |  |  |  | US Marine Corps Established at age 8 |
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1798: |  |  |  | Mississippi organized as a territory at age 8 |
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1799: |  |  |  | Rosetta Stone found at age 9 |
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1800-1809: |  |  |  | Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 10 to age 19 |
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1800: |  |  |  | US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 10 |
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1800: |  |  |  | Russia annexes Georgia at age 10 |
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1800: |  |  |  | 1st Battery (Volta) at age 10 |
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1802: |  |  |  | Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 12 |
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1803: |  |  |  | Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 13 |
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1803: |  |  |  | Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 13 |
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1803: |  |  |  | Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 13 |
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1804-1806: |  |  |  | Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 14 to age 16 |
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1804: |  |  |  | Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 14 |
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1805: |  |  |  | Morphine isolated at age 15 |
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1805: |  |  |  | Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 15 |
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1807: |  |  |  | Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 17 |
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1808: |  |  |  | Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 18 |
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1808: |  |  |  | Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 18 |
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1809: |  |  |  | Charles Darwin born at age 19 |
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1809-1816: |  |  |  | James Madison elected president of US from age 19 until after line end |
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1810: |  |  |  | US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 20 |
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1810: |  |  |  | Homeopathy founded at age 20 |
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1812: |  |  |  | Missouri organized as a territory at age 22 |
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1812: |  |  |  | Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 22 |
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1812-1814: |  |  |  | War of 1812 from age 22 to age 24 |
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