1231-1808: | | | | Papal Inquisition from before birth until age 59 |
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1478-1834: | |
1727-1760: | | | | Reign of King George II (Hanover) from before birth until age 11 |
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1749: | | | | Sign Language for deaf-mutes at age 0 |
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1752: | | | | Britain and its colonies adopt Gregorian calender at age 3 |
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1752: | | | | Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod at age 3 |
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1754-1763: | | | | French-Indian war from age 5 to age 14 |
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1755: | | | | Lisbon earthquake - 30,000 dead at age 6 |
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1756-1763: | | | | Seven years war from age 7 to age 14 |
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1758: | | | | Halley's Comet (1st predicted appearance) at age 9 |
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1760: | |
1760-1820: | | | | Reign of King George III (Hanover) from age 11 to age 71 |
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1765: | |
1765: | | | | HMS Victory launched at age 16 |
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1769: | | | | San Francisco bay discovered at age 20 |
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1770: | | | | Boston Massacre - 5 people killed when British fire on mob at age 21 |
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1772: | | | | Judge Murray decrees that slaves are free on landing in England at age 23 |
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1772-1775: | | | | Antarctica circumnavigated by James Cook from age 23 to age 26 |
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1773: | | | | Boston Tea Party at age 24 |
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1774: | | | | 1st Continental Congress meets at age 25 |
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1775-1782: | | | | British war in India from age 26 to age 33 |
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1775-1783: | | | | American Revolutionary War against the British from age 26 to age 34 |
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1776: | | | | Declaration of Independence at age 27 |
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1778: | | | | Congress forbids import of slaves into America at age 29 |
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1778: | | | | France joins war against Britan at age 29 |
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1780: | | | | Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity at age 31 |
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1781: | | | | Uranus discovered at age 32 |
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1783: | | | | 1st working hot air balloon at age 34 |
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1784: | | | | Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated at age 35 |
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1786: | | | | The Dollar is adopted at age 37 |
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1786: | | | | First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany) at age 37 |
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1787: | | | | New Jersey enters the union - 3rd at age 38 |
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1787: | | | | Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd at age 38 |
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1787: | | | | Delaware enters the union - 1st at age 38 |
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1787: | | | | Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress at age 38 |
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1788: | | | | Massachusetts enters the union - 6th at age 39 |
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1788: | | | | Georgia enters the union - 4th at age 39 |
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1788: | | | | Connecticut enters the union - 5th at age 39 |
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1788: | | | | Maryland enters the union - 7th at age 39 |
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1788: | | | | South Carolina enters the union - 8th at age 39 |
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1788: | | | | New Hampshire enters the union - 9th at age 39 |
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1788: | | | | Virginia enters the union - 10th at age 39 |
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1788: | | | | New York enters the union - 11th at age 39 |
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1788: | | | | Constitution goes into effect at age 39 |
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1789-1796: | | | | George Washington selected 1st President from age 40 to age 47 |
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1789: | | | | US Army Established at age 40 |
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1789: | | | | North Carolina enters the union - 12th at age 40 |
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1790: | | | | Coast Guard Established at age 41 |
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1790: | | | | Rhode Island enters the union - 13th at age 41 |
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1790: | | | | 1st official US census at age 41 |
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1791: | | | | Federal Bill of rights adopted at age 42 |
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1791: | | | | Vermont enters the union -14th at age 42 |
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1792-1815: | | | | Napoleonic war from age 43 to age 66 |
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1792: | | | | Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves at age 43 |
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1792: | | | | Kentucky enters the union - 15th at age 43 |
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1793: | | | | Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves) at age 44 |
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1793: | | | | Marie Antoinette beheaded at age 44 |
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1794: | | | | Slavery abolished in French colonies at age 45 |
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1794: | | | | US Post Office Established at age 45 |
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1794: | | | | US Navy Established at age 45 |
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1796-1800: | | | | John Adams elected 2nd president of US from age 47 to age 51 |
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1796: | | | | France's presses get right of free speech at age 47 |
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1796: | | | | Vaccination against Smallpox at age 47 |
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1796: | | | | Tennesee enters the union - 16th at age 47 |
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1798: | | | | Mississippi organized as a territory at age 49 |
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1798: | |
1798-1800: | | | | Undeclared war with France from age 49 to age 51 |
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1798: | | | | US Marine Corps Established at age 49 |
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1799: | | | | Rosetta Stone found at age 50 |
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1800: | | | | Russia annexes Georgia at age 51 |
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1800: | | | | 1st Battery (Volta) at age 51 |
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1800: | | | | US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC at age 51 |
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1800-1809: | | | | Thomas Jefferson elected president of US from age 51 to age 60 |
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1802: | | | | Babylonian cuniform deciphered at age 53 |
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1803: | | | | Fulton propels vessel by steampower at age 54 |
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1803: | | | | Louisiana Territory Purchased at age 54 |
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1803: | | | | Ohio enters the union - 17th at age 54 |
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1804: | | | | Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis. at age 55 |
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1804-1806: | | | | Lewis and Clark Expedition from age 55 to age 57 |
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1805: | | | | Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US at age 56 |
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1805: | | | | Morphine isolated at age 56 |
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1807: | | | | Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage at age 58 |
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1808: | | | | Pompeii excavation begins in earnest at age 59 |
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1808: | | | | Import of new slaves into US Is banned at age 59 |
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1809: | | | | Charles Darwin born at age 60 |
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1809-1816: | | | | James Madison elected president of US from age 60 to age 67 |
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1810: | | | | US pop. reaches 7.2 million at age 61 |
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1810: | | | | Homeopathy founded at age 61 |
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1812: | | | | Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 63 |
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1812-1814: | | | | War of 1812 from age 63 to age 65 |
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1812: | | | | Missouri organized as a territory at age 63 |
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1815: | | | | French outlaw slavery in France at age 66 |
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1815: | | | | Battle of Waterloo at age 66 |
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1815: | | | | Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 66 |
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1816: | | | | Photographic Negative at age 67 |
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1816: | | | | Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 67 |
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1816: | |
1817-1824: | | | | James Monroe president of US from age 68 to age 75 |
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1817: | | | | Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 68 |
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1817-1825: | | | | Erie canal constructed from age 68 to age 76 |
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1817: | | | | Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 68 |
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1817: | | | | Alabama organized as a territory at age 68 |
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1817-1823: | | | | 1st Cholera pandemic from age 68 to age 74 |
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1818: | | | | Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 69 |
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1818: | | | | Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 69 |
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1819: | | | | Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 70 |
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1819: | | | | Arkansas organized as a territory at age 70 |
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1819: | | | | Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 70 |
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1820-1830: | | | | Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 71 to age 81 |
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1820: | | | | Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 71 |
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1821: | | | | US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 72 |
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1821-1829: | | | | Greek war of Independence from age 72 to age 80 |
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1821: | | | | 1st US women's college at age 72 |
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1821: | | | | Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 72 |
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1822: | | | | Florida organized as a territory at age 73 |
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1824: | | | | Erie canal finished at age 75 |
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1824: | | | | Internal Combustion Engine at age 75 |
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1824-1828: | | | | John Quincy Adams president of US from age 75 to age 79 |
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1826: | | | | 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 77 |
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1827: | | | | 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 78 |
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1827: | | | | Ohms Law formulated at age 78 |
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1827: | | | | Ship's propeller (screw) at age 78 |
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1828: | | | | 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 79 |
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1828: | | | | 1st railroad in the US at age 79 |
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1828-1836: | | | | Andrew Jackson president of US from age 79 to age 87 |
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1829-1851: | | | | 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 80 until after line end |
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1829: | | | | 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 80 |
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1830-1837: | | | | Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 81 to age 88 |
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1830-1860: | | | | Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 81 until after line end |
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1830: | | | | Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 81 |
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1832: | | | | Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 83 |
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1833: | | | | Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 84 |
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1833: | |
1834: | | | | Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 85 |
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1835: | |
1835-1842: | | | | 2nd Seminole War from age 86 to age 93 |
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1835: | | | | Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 86 |
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1836: | | | | Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 87 |
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1836: | | | | Battle of the Alamo at age 87 |
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1836: | | | | Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 87 |
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1837-1840: | | | | Martin Van Buren president of US from age 88 to age 91 |
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1837-1901: | | | | Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 88 until after line end |
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1837: | | | | Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 88 |
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1837: | | | | Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 88 |
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1838-1839: | | | | Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 89 to age 90 |
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1839-1842: | | | | Opium war between China and the English from age 90 to age 93 |
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1841-1844: | | | | John Tyler president of US from age 92 to age 95 |
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1842: | | | | Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 93 |
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1844: | | | | 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 95 |
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1845-1848: | | | | James K Polk president of US from age 96 to age 99 |
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1845-1849: | | | | Irish Potato Famine from age 96 to age 100 |
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1845: | | | | Texas enters the union - 28th at age 96 |
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1845: | | | | Florida enters the union - 27th at age 96 |
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1846: | | | | Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 97 |
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1846-1848: | | | | The Mexican-US War from age 97 to age 99 |
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1848: | | | | Oregon organized as a territory at age 99 |
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1848: | | | | Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 99 |
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1848: | | | | NY allows women to own real estate at age 99 |
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1848-1856: | | | | 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 99 until after line end |
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1849: | | | | Fizeau measures speed of light at age 100 |
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1849-1852: | | | | Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 100 until after line end |
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