| 1231-1808: |   |   |   | Papal Inquisition  from before birth until age 5 | 
 
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  | 1478-1834: |  | 
  | 1760-1820: |   |   |   | Reign of King George III (Hanover)  from before birth until age 17 | 
 
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  | 1792-1815: |   |   |   | Napoleonic war  from before birth until age 12 | 
 
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  | 1800-1809: |   |   |   | Thomas Jefferson elected president of US  from before birth until age 6 | 
 
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  | 1803: |   |   |   | Louisiana Territory Purchased  at age 0 | 
 
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  | 1803: |   |   |   | Fulton propels vessel by steampower  at age 0 | 
 
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  | 1803: |   |   |   | Ohio enters the union - 17th  at age 0 | 
 
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  | 1804-1806: |   |   |   | Lewis and Clark Expedition  from age 1 to age  3 | 
 
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  | 1804: |   |   |   | Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis.  at age 1 | 
 
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  | 1805: |   |   |   | Morphine isolated  at age 2 | 
 
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  | 1805: |   |   |   | Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US  at age 2 | 
 
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  | 1807: |   |   |   | Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage  at age 4 | 
 
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  | 1808: |   |   |   | Pompeii excavation begins in earnest  at age 5 | 
 
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  | 1808: |   |   |   | Import of new slaves into US Is banned  at age 5 | 
 
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  | 1809: |   |   |   | Charles Darwin born  at age 6 | 
 
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  | 1809-1816: |   |   |   | James Madison elected president of US  from age 6 to age  13 | 
 
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  | 1810: |   |   |   | Homeopathy founded  at age 7 | 
 
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  | 1810: |   |   |   | US pop. reaches 7.2 million  at age 7 | 
 
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  | 1812: |   |   |   | Missouri organized as a territory  at age 9 | 
 
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  | 1812-1814: |   |   |   | War of 1812  from age 9 to age  11 | 
 
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  | 1812: |   |   |   | Louisiana enters the union - 18th  at age 9 | 
 
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  | 1815: |   |   |   | French outlaw slavery in France  at age 12 | 
 
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  | 1815: |   |   |   | Battle of Waterloo  at age 12 | 
 
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  | 1815: |   |   |   | Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed  at age 12 | 
 
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  | 1816: |   |   |   | Photographic Negative  at age 13 | 
 
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  | 1816: |   |   |   | Indiana enters the union - 19th  at age 13 | 
 
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  | 1817-1824: |   |   |   | James Monroe president of US  from age 14 to age  21 | 
 
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  | 1817: |   |   |   | Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution  at age 14 | 
 
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  | 1817: |   |   |   | Alabama organized as a territory  at age 14 | 
 
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  | 1817: |   |   |   | Mississippi enters the union - 20th  at age 14 | 
 
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  | 1817-1825: |   |   |   | Erie canal constructed  from age 14 to age  22 | 
 
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  | 1817-1823: |   |   |   | 1st Cholera pandemic  from age 14 to age  20 | 
 
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  | 1818: |   |   |   | Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic  at age 15 | 
 
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  | 1818: |   |   |   | Illinois enters the union - 21st  at age 15 | 
 
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  | 1819: |   |   |   | Oersted discovers electro-magnetism  at age 16 | 
 
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  | 1819: |   |   |   | Alabama enters the union - 22nd  at age 16 | 
 
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  | 1819: |   |   |   | Arkansas organized as a territory  at age 16 | 
 
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  | 1820: |   |   |   | Maine enters the union - 23rd  at age 17 | 
 
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  | 1820-1830: |   |   |   | Reign of King George IV (Hanover)  from age 17 until after line end | 
 
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  | 1821: |   |   |   | US pop. reaches 9.2 million  at age 18 | 
 
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  | 1821: |   |   |   | 1st US women's college  at age 18 | 
 
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  | 1821-1829: |   |   |   | Greek war of Independence  from age 18 until after line end | 
 
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  | 1821: |   |   |   | Missouri enters the union - 24th  at age 18 | 
 
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  | 1822: |   |   |   | Florida organized as a territory  at age 19 | 
 
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  | 1824-1828: |   |   |   | John Quincy Adams president of US  from age 21 to age  25 | 
 
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  | 1824: |   |   |   | Erie canal finished  at age 21 | 
 
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  | 1824: |   |   |   | Internal Combustion Engine  at age 21 | 
 
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  | 1826: |   |   |   | 1st railroad tunnel (England)  at age 23 | 
 
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  | 1827: |   |   |   | Ohms Law formulated  at age 24 | 
 
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  | 1827: |   |   |   | Ship's propeller (screw)  at age 24 | 
 
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  | 1827: |   |   |   | 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal  at age 24 | 
 
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  | 1828-1836: |   |   |   | Andrew Jackson president of US  from age 25 until after line end | 
 
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  | 1828: |   |   |   | 1st railroad in the US  at age 25 | 
 
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  | 1828: |   |   |   | 1st Webster's Dictionary  at age 25 | 
 
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