1478-1834: | |
1760-1820: |  |  |  | Reign of King George III (Hanover) from before birth until age 8 |
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1792-1815: |  |  |  | Napoleonic war from before birth until age 3 |
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1809-1816: |  |  |  | James Madison elected president of US from before birth until age 4 |
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1812-1814: |  |  |  | War of 1812 from age 0 to age 2 |
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1812: |  |  |  | Missouri organized as a territory at age 0 |
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1812: |  |  |  | Louisiana enters the union - 18th at age 0 |
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1815: |  |  |  | Battle of Waterloo at age 3 |
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1815: |  |  |  | French outlaw slavery in France at age 3 |
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1815: |  |  |  | Sumbawa volcano (Indonesia) erupts; 50,000 killed at age 3 |
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1816: | |
1816: |  |  |  | Photographic Negative at age 4 |
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1816: |  |  |  | Indiana enters the union - 19th at age 4 |
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1817-1824: |  |  |  | James Monroe president of US from age 5 to age 12 |
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1817-1825: |  |  |  | Erie canal constructed from age 5 to age 13 |
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1817: |  |  |  | Mississippi enters the union - 20th at age 5 |
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1817: |  |  |  | Alabama organized as a territory at age 5 |
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1817: |  |  |  | Pentrich Revolution - England's last revolution at age 5 |
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1817-1823: |  |  |  | 1st Cholera pandemic from age 5 to age 11 |
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1818: |  |  |  | Illinois enters the union - 21st at age 6 |
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1818: |  |  |  | Savannah 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic at age 6 |
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1819: |  |  |  | Oersted discovers electro-magnetism at age 7 |
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1819: |  |  |  | Arkansas organized as a territory at age 7 |
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1819: |  |  |  | Alabama enters the union - 22nd at age 7 |
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1820-1830: |  |  |  | Reign of King George IV (Hanover) from age 8 to age 18 |
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1820: |  |  |  | Maine enters the union - 23rd at age 8 |
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1821-1829: |  |  |  | Greek war of Independence from age 9 to age 17 |
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1821: |  |  |  | Missouri enters the union - 24th at age 9 |
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1821: |  |  |  | 1st US women's college at age 9 |
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1821: |  |  |  | US pop. reaches 9.2 million at age 9 |
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1822: |  |  |  | Florida organized as a territory at age 10 |
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1824: |  |  |  | Erie canal finished at age 12 |
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1824: |  |  |  | Internal Combustion Engine at age 12 |
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1824-1828: |  |  |  | John Quincy Adams president of US from age 12 to age 16 |
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1826: |  |  |  | 1st railroad tunnel (England) at age 14 |
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1827: |  |  |  | Ship's propeller (screw) at age 15 |
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1827: |  |  |  | Ohms Law formulated at age 15 |
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1827: |  |  |  | 1st Black newspaper Freedom's Journal at age 15 |
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1828-1836: |  |  |  | Andrew Jackson president of US from age 16 to age 24 |
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1828: |  |  |  | 1st Webster's Dictionary at age 16 |
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1828: |  |  |  | 1st railroad in the US at age 16 |
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1829-1851: |  |  |  | 2nd Cholera pandemic from age 17 to age 39 |
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1829: |  |  |  | 1st US patent on a typewriter at age 17 |
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1830: |  |  |  | Mormons (Latter Day Saints) founded at age 18 |
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1830-1837: |  |  |  | Reign of King William IV (Hanover) from age 18 to age 25 |
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1830-1860: |  |  |  | Underground railroad leads 100,000+ slaves to freedom in US from age 18 until after line end |
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1832: |  |  |  | Horse-drawn trolleys in New York at age 20 |
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1833: |  |  |  | Slavery abolished in British Empire (home and colonies) at age 21 |
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1833: | |
1834: |  |  |  | Modern computer conceived by Charles Babbage at age 22 |
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1835-1842: |  |  |  | 2nd Seminole War from age 23 to age 30 |
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1835: |  |  |  | Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesies of 'coming of lord' by 1891 at age 23 |
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1835: | |
1836: |  |  |  | Arkansas enters the union -25th at age 24 |
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1836: |  |  |  | Battle of the Alamo at age 24 |
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1836: |  |  |  | Texas war for independence from Mexico at age 24 |
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1837: |  |  |  | Depression and Panic in the US - inflation, speculation at age 25 |
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1837-1840: |  |  |  | Martin Van Buren president of US from age 25 to age 28 |
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1837-1901: |  |  |  | Reign of Queen Victoria (Hanover) from age 25 until after line end |
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1837: |  |  |  | Michigan enters the union - 26th at age 25 |
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1838-1839: |  |  |  | Forced relocation of Cherokee from age 26 to age 27 |
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1839-1842: |  |  |  | Opium war between China and the English from age 27 to age 30 |
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1841-1844: |  |  |  | John Tyler president of US from age 29 to age 32 |
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1842: |  |  |  | Chinese cede Hong Kong to the English at age 30 |
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1844: |  |  |  | 1st telegraph line message, Washington to New York at age 32 |
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1845: |  |  |  | Texas enters the union - 28th at age 33 |
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1845-1848: |  |  |  | James K Polk president of US from age 33 to age 36 |
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1845-1849: |  |  |  | Irish Potato Famine from age 33 to age 37 |
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1845: |  |  |  | Florida enters the union - 27th at age 33 |
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1846-1848: |  |  |  | The Mexican-US War from age 34 to age 36 |
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1846: |  |  |  | Iowa enters the union - 29th at age 34 |
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1848: |  |  |  | NY allows women to own real estate at age 36 |
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1848-1856: |  |  |  | 1st gold rush in California -- Sutters Mill from age 36 until after line end |
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1848: |  |  |  | Oregon organized as a territory at age 36 |
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1848: |  |  |  | Wisconsin enters the union - 30th at age 36 |
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1849-1852: |  |  |  | Zachary Taylor president of the US from age 37 until after line end |
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1849: |  |  |  | Fizeau measures speed of light at age 37 |
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1850: |  |  |  | California enters the union - 31st at age 38 |
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1850: |  |  |  | World pop. est. at 1.1 billion at age 38 |
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1850: |  |  |  | New Mexico organized as a territory at age 38 |
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1850: |  |  |  | US pop reaches 23 million at age 38 |
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1850: |  |  |  | Utah (included Nevada) organized as a territory at age 38 |
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1851: |  |  |  | Gold rush in Australia at age 39 |
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