| 1231-1808: | |  |  |  | Papal Inquisition  from before birth until age 28 | 
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  | 1478-1834: |  | 
  | 1760-1820: | |  |  |  | Reign of King George III (Hanover)  from before birth until after line end | 
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  | 1775-1783: | |  |  |  | American Revolutionary War against the British  from before birth until age 3 | 
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  | 1775-1782: | |  |  |  | British war in India  from before birth until age 2 | 
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  | 1780: | |  |  |  | Benjamin Franklin discovers lightning is electricity  at age 0 | 
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  | 1781: | |  |  |  | Uranus discovered  at age 1 | 
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  | 1783: | |  |  |  | 1st working hot air balloon  at age 3 | 
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  | 1784: | |  |  |  | Thomas Jefferson's proposal to ban slavery defeated  at age 4 | 
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  | 1786: | |  |  |  | The Dollar is adopted  at age 6 | 
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  | 1786: | |  |  |  | First attempts at indoor lighting with gas (UK, Germany)  at age 6 | 
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  | 1787: | |  |  |  | Pennsylvania enters the union - 2nd  at age 7 | 
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  | 1787: | |  |  |  | Constitution is approved by the constitutional congress  at age 7 | 
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  | 1787: | |  |  |  | Delaware enters the union - 1st  at age 7 | 
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  | 1787: | |  |  |  | New Jersey enters the union - 3rd  at age 7 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | Georgia enters the union - 4th  at age 8 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | Constitution goes into effect  at age 8 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | Connecticut enters the union - 5th  at age 8 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | Massachusetts enters the union - 6th  at age 8 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | Maryland enters the union - 7th  at age 8 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | South Carolina enters the union - 8th  at age 8 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | Virginia enters the union - 10th  at age 8 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | New York enters the union - 11th  at age 8 | 
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  | 1788: | |  |  |  | New Hampshire enters the union - 9th  at age 8 | 
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  | 1789-1796: | |  |  |  | George Washington selected 1st President  from age 9 to age  16 | 
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  | 1789: | |  |  |  | US Army Established  at age 9 | 
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  | 1789: | |  |  |  | North Carolina enters the union - 12th  at age 9 | 
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  | 1790: | |  |  |  | Rhode Island enters the union - 13th  at age 10 | 
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  | 1790: | |  |  |  | Coast Guard Established  at age 10 | 
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  | 1790: | |  |  |  | 1st official US census  at age 10 | 
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  | 1791: | |  |  |  | Federal Bill of rights adopted  at age 11 | 
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  | 1791: | |  |  |  | Vermont enters the union -14th  at age 11 | 
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  | 1792: | |  |  |  | Kentucky enters the union - 15th  at age 12 | 
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  | 1792: | |  |  |  | Denmark 1st to forbid trade in slaves  at age 12 | 
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  | 1792-1815: | |  |  |  | Napoleonic war  from age 12 to age  35 | 
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  | 1793: | |  |  |  | Marie Antoinette beheaded  at age 13 | 
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  | 1793: | |  |  |  | Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin (increases need for slaves)  at age 13 | 
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  | 1794: | |  |  |  | Slavery abolished in French colonies  at age 14 | 
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  | 1794: | |  |  |  | US Navy Established  at age 14 | 
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  | 1794: | |  |  |  | US Post Office Established  at age 14 | 
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  | 1796: | |  |  |  | France's presses get right of free speech  at age 16 | 
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  | 1796-1800: | |  |  |  | John Adams elected 2nd president of US  from age 16 to age  20 | 
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  | 1796: | |  |  |  | Tennesee enters the union - 16th  at age 16 | 
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  | 1796: | |  |  |  | Vaccination against Smallpox  at age 16 | 
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  | 1798-1800: | |  |  |  | Undeclared war with France  from age 18 to age  20 | 
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  | 1798: | |  |  |  | US Marine Corps Established  at age 18 | 
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  | 1798: |  | 
  | 1798: | |  |  |  | Mississippi organized as a territory  at age 18 | 
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  | 1799: | |  |  |  | Rosetta Stone found  at age 19 | 
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  | 1800: | |  |  |  | Russia annexes Georgia  at age 20 | 
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  | 1800-1809: | |  |  |  | Thomas Jefferson elected president of US  from age 20 to age  29 | 
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  | 1800: | |  |  |  | 1st Battery (Volta)  at age 20 | 
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  | 1800: | |  |  |  | US capital moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC  at age 20 | 
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  | 1802: | |  |  |  | Babylonian cuniform deciphered  at age 22 | 
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  | 1803: | |  |  |  | Ohio enters the union - 17th  at age 23 | 
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  | 1803: | |  |  |  | Louisiana Territory Purchased  at age 23 | 
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  | 1803: | |  |  |  | Fulton propels vessel by steampower  at age 23 | 
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  | 1804-1806: | |  |  |  | Lewis and Clark Expedition  from age 24 to age  26 | 
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  | 1804: | |  |  |  | Haiti independent - 1st black country in West. Hemis.  at age 24 | 
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  | 1805: | |  |  |  | Thomas Jefferson re-elected president of US  at age 25 | 
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  | 1805: | |  |  |  | Morphine isolated  at age 25 | 
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  | 1807: | |  |  |  | Robert Fulton makes 1st practical steamboat voyage  at age 27 | 
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  | 1808: | |  |  |  | Import of new slaves into US Is banned  at age 28 | 
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  | 1808: | |  |  |  | Pompeii excavation begins in earnest  at age 28 | 
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  | 1809: | |  |  |  | Charles Darwin born  at age 29 | 
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  | 1809-1816: | |  |  |  | James Madison elected president of US  from age 29 to age  36 | 
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  | 1810: | |  |  |  | US pop. reaches 7.2 million  at age 30 | 
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  | 1810: | |  |  |  | Homeopathy founded  at age 30 | 
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  | 1812: | |  |  |  | Louisiana enters the union - 18th  at age 32 | 
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  | 1812-1814: | |  |  |  | War of 1812  from age 32 to age  34 | 
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  | 1812: | |  |  |  | Missouri organized as a territory  at age 32 | 
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  | 1815: | |  |  |  | French outlaw slavery in France  at age 35 | 
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  | 1815: | |  |  |  | Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed  at age 35 | 
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  | 1815: | |  |  |  | Battle of Waterloo  at age 35 | 
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  | 1816: |  | 
  | 1816: | |  |  |  | Photographic Negative  at age 36 | 
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  | 1816: | |  |  |  | Indiana enters the union - 19th  at age 36 | 
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  | 1817-1824: | |  |  |  | James Monroe president of US  from age 37 until after line end | 
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  | 1817-1825: | |  |  |  | Erie canal constructed  from age 37 until after line end | 
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  | 1817: | |  |  |  | Mississippi enters the union - 20th  at age 37 | 
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  | 1817: | |  |  |  | Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution  at age 37 | 
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  | 1817-1823: | |  |  |  | 1st Cholera pandemic  from age 37 until after line end | 
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  | 1817: | |  |  |  | Alabama organized as a territory  at age 37 | 
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  | 1818: | |  |  |  | Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic  at age 38 | 
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  | 1818: | |  |  |  | Illinois enters the union - 21st  at age 38 | 
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  | 1819: | |  |  |  | Alabama enters the union - 22nd  at age 39 | 
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  | 1819: | |  |  |  | Arkansas organized as a territory  at age 39 | 
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  | 1819: | |  |  |  | Oersted discovers electro-magnetism  at age 39 | 
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  | 1820: | |  |  |  | Maine enters the union - 23rd  at age 40 | 
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  | 1820-1830: | |  |  |  | Reign of King George IV (Hanover)  from age 40 until after line end | 
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